undelvev.
transitive. To dig up.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > exhumation > exhume or disentomb [verb (transitive)]
undelve1340
unbury14..
exhumate1548
untomb1594
detomb1607
disentomb1611
disinter1611
distomb1629
deter1632
undig1641
ungrave1664
exhume1783
disinhume1821
dishume1854
unsepulchre1856
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > dig out or up
delvec1000
upgravea1340
undelve1340
grubc1374
to dig upc1400
to dig outa1425
unearthc1450
sprittle1585
effode1657
to cast up1660
exhume1783
moot1823
excavate1848
lift1883
spud1886
pig-root1890
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 61 Þet is þe felliste best þet me clepeþ hyane, þet ondelfþ þe bodies of dyade men and hise eteþ.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
v.1340