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† beˈdelve, v. Obs.
Forms: inf. 1 bedelfan, 3–4 bydelve, 4–5 bi-, bedelue (-ve). pa. pple. 1 bedolfen, 3 bydeolve(n, 4 by-, bedolve(n, 6 bedolvyne, Sc. bedelvyn.
[OE. bedelf-an, f. be- + delf-an to delve.]
1. trans. To dig round or about.
c1000Ags. Gosp. Luke xiii. 8 Oþ ic hine bedelfe. a1500E.E. Misc. 68 The tre schal be bedolvyne abowte.
2. To bury.
a1000Dream of Rood 75 Bedealf us man on deopan seaðe. c1374Chaucer Boeth. v. i. 151 And fond þere a gobet of golde by-doluen. c1440Lonelich Grail li. 14 And him..putten there-inne, and him bedelven. 1513Douglas æneis x. ix. 49 Quharin bedelvyn lyis a gret talent. |