Participles
| Present | delfende |
| Past | (ġe)dolfen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | delfe |
| 2nd sing. | dilfst |
| 3rd sing. | dilfþ |
| 1st plur. | delfaþ |
| 2nd plur. | delfaþ |
| 3rd plur. | delfaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | dealf |
| 2nd sing. | dulfe |
| 3rd sing. | dealf |
| 1st plur. | dulfon |
| 2nd plur. | dulfon |
| 3rd plur. | dulfon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | delfe |
| 2nd sing. | delfe |
| 3rd sing. | delfe |
| 1st plur. | delfen |
| 2nd plur. | delfen |
| 3rd plur. | delfen |
Past
| 1st sing. | dulfe |
| 2nd sing. | dulfe |
| 3rd sing. | dulfe |
| 1st plur. | dulfen |
| 2nd plur. | dulfen |
| 3rd plur. | dulfen |
Imperative
| Singular | delf |
| Plural | delfaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'delfan'
delfan,
Verbs similar to 'delfan'
bedelfan,
belæfan,
belean,
belefan,
belgan,
belifan,
bellan,
belyfan,
celan,
dælan,
Etymology
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. See: Proto-Germanic '
*delbaną', Old High German '*telban'.
Verbs referencing "delfan"
English
delve, Middle English
delven.
Sample Sentences
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Wonders of the East
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Þǣr beoð akende ǣmættan swā miċle swā hundas. Hī habbað fēt swylċe græshoppan, hī syndon rēades hīwes ⁊ blaces. Þā ǣmettan delfað gold up of eorðan fram foran nihte ōþ þa fīftan tīd dæġes. (Ants are born there as big as dogs. They have feet like grasshoppers, and are red and black in color. The ants dig gold up from the earth from before the night until the fifth hour of the day.)
Cognates
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