delfan

delfan

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of delven

From Proto-West Germanic *delban, from Proto-Germanic *delbaną. Cognate with Old Frisian delva, Old Saxon *delƀan, Old Dutch *delvan, and Old High German *telban.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdel.fɑn/, [ˈdeɫ.vɑn]

delfan

1. to dig
2. to mine

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• ādelfan (“to excavate”)
• bedelfan (“to dig around, bury”)
• delfere (“digger”)
• delfing (“digging”)
• fordelfan (“to delve, dig”)
• þurhdelfan (“to dig through, pierce”)
• underdelfan (“to dig under, undermine, break through”)

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