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† underˈdelve, v. Obs.
[under-1 4 a, after L. suffodĕre. Cf. Du. onderdelven.]
trans. To dig under; to undermine by digging.
c1000ælfric Saints' Lives xxxii. 204 Sum eac underdealf þa duru mid spade. c1000Ags. Gosp. Luke xii. 39 He wacode, and ne ᵹeþafode þæt man his hus underdulfe. 1382Wyclif Gen. xlix. 6 In her owne wil thei vndurdelueden the wal. a1400Pauline Ep. (Powell) Rom. xi. 3 Lord þey haue slayn þi prophetis; þey haue vndyrdolue þyn auteris. c1440Promp. Parv. 511/1 Vnder delvyn, suffodio.
Hence † underˈdelving vbl. n., underˈdolven ppl. a. Obs.
1382Wyclif Ps. lxxix. 17 The tend vp thingis with fyr, and the vnder doluen. c1440Promp. Parv. 511/1 Vnder deluynge,..subfossura, subfossio. |