Á-delfan

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

á-delfan

Add:--Ic út ádelfe effodio, Ælfc. Gr. 179, 11. (1) to dig, dig out a pit:--Hé ádylfð ðone pytt lacum effodit, Ps. Th. 7, 15. to dig up the ground">Also to dig up the ground:--Hí ádulfon gehwylcne dǽl þæs wyrtgeardes þæs þe þǽr ǽr undolfen wæs cuncta horti illius spatia quae inculta fuerant coluerunt, Gr. D. 202, 3. Seó eorðe wæs swíðe heard and hé ne mihte heó ádelfan, Hml. S. 23 b, 768. (3) to dig up a plant:--Ádelf niþerweardne sláhðorn, Lch. ii. 92, 30: 230, 6. Ádelfe ompran, 78, 1. (4) to dig out, pick out:--Up ádelfað effodiant (oculum corvi), Kent. Gl. 1092. Ǽlcne pocc man sceall áweg ádelfan mid þorne, Lch. ii. 106, 4. a-delfan

Parole correlate: Dict. (2)