Ge-delfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-delfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ge-delfan

p. -dealf, pl. -dulfon; pp. dolfen To dig, delve;fodere, effodere :-- Wæs ðǽr sum hláw ðone men gedulfon there was a mound which men had dug, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 26, 6. Ðé wearþ helle seáþ niðer gedolfen the pit of hell was dug beneath for thee, Exon. 71 b; Th. 267, 30; Jul. 423. ge-delfan

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ᚷᛖ-ᛞᛖᛚᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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