Delfan
ボズワースとトラーラーのアングロ・サクソン古英語辞典 - delfan
古英語辞典によると:
- delfan
- Add: I. absolute, to dig:--'Ic nát mid hwí íc delfe . . . ' ongan þá þǽrmid delfan, Hml. S. 23 b, 765. Þá dulfon hí in þǽre ylcan stówe, Shrn. 113, 13. II. to dig the ground:--Genam hé áne spada and dealf þá eorþan, H. R. 13, 13. Hé hét delfan þá eorðan, Hml. S. 27, 37. Þá eorþan delfan æfter golde, Bt. 15; F. 48, 23. III. to extract by digging, dig gold, &c.:--Þá ǽmettan delfað gold úp of eorðan, Nar. 35, 8. IV. to excavate, dig a pit:--Bið dolfen seáð fodiatur fovea, Ps. Srt. 93, 13. V. to bury:--Ic ásende ofer eów mancwealm, . . . and þá deádan man nát hú man delfe, Wlfst. 296, 16.