delving (1409-10)
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delving (1409-10)

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[ FEW: ∅; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED:  delve v. (delving); MED:  delving ger.; DMLBS: ∅ ]
delvying,  delvyng  
ls(loanword: M.E. )
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1agricultural(process of) digging, turning up the soil with a spade (in preparation for crop): 
( 1409-10 )  pur delvyng del jardyn et pur sedis .iiij. d.  12 Henry IV
( 1422-23 ) pur delvying et faisure del gardein  298
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