Old English · noun

delf

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /delf/
[deɫf]
Syllables: delf (1 syllable)
Modern English: digging delf delve excavation canal quarry dug trench

Meaning

digging, excavation
that which is dug: trench, quarry, canal

Declension

Declension of delf
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	delf	delf
Accusative	delf	delf
Genitive	delfes	delfa
Dative	delfe	delfum

Etymology

From the verb delfan (“to delve, dig, dig out, burrow, bury”), from Proto-West Germanic *delban, from Proto-Germanic *delbaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelbʰ-.

Descendants

delf, delve

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