dilegian
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Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *diligōn.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
dilegian
- to blot out, wipe off, erase
- c. 897, Alfred the Great, translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
- Sē wrītere, ġif hē ne dilegaþ þæt hē ǣr wrāt, þēah hē nǣfre mā nāwiht ne wrīte, þæt biþ þēah unġedilegod þæt hē ǣr wrāt.
- If a writer doesn't erase what he wrote before, it stays unerased even if he never writes anything again.
- c. 897, Alfred the Great, translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
- to destroy
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of dilegian (weak class 2)
infinitive | dilegian | dilegienne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | dilegiġe | dilegode |
second person singular | dilegast | dilegodest |
third person singular | dilegaþ | dilegode |
plural | dilegiaþ | dilegodon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | dilegiġe | dilegode |
plural | dilegiġen | dilegoden |
imperative | ||
singular | dilega | |
plural | dilegiaþ | |
participle | present | past |
dilegiende | (ġe)dilegod |