dilegian

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *diligōn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdi.le.ɡi.ɑn/, [ˈdi.le.ɣi.ɑn]

Verb

dilegian

  1. 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.
  2. to destroy

Conjugation

Conjugation of dilegian (weak, class 2)
infinitive dilegian dilegienne
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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: dilȝhen, dillȝhenn, diliȝen
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