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delf

Pronunciation: /delf/

“delf” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. digging, excavation
  2. that which is dug: trench, quarry, canal

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-.

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