different between derf vs delf

English

Etymology

From Middle English derf (“bold, daring, strong”), from Old English dearf, deorf (“bold”), from Proto-Germanic *derbaz. Cognate with Danish djærv (“bold”), Faroese djarvur (“bold”), Icelandic djarfur (“bold”), Norwegian djerv (“bold”), Swedish djärv (“bold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?f/

Adjective

derf (comparative more derf, superlative most derf)

1. (obsolete) strong; powerful; fierce

Derived terms

• derfly

References

• bosworthtoller.com
• The Middle English Dictionary
• An historical dictionary

Anagrams

• Fred, ferd

English

Alternative forms

• delft, delve

Etymology

From Middle English delf, delve, dælf (“a quarry, clay pit, hole; an artificial watercourse, a canal, a ditch, a trench; a grave; a pitfall”), from Old English delf, ?edelf (“delving, digging”) and dælf (“that which is dug, delf, ditch”), from Proto-West Germanic *delban (“to dig”), from Proto-Germanic *delban? (“to dig”). More at delve.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?lf

Noun

delf (plural delfs or delves)

1. A mine, quarry, pit dug; ditch.
2. (heraldry) A charge representing a square sod.
3. Alternative form of delft (“style of earthenware”)
   • 1723, Jonathan Swift, Stella at Wood Park

     Five nothings in five plates of delf

Derived terms

• stonedelf

References

Anagrams

• FDLE, feld, fled

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

delf

1. first-person singular present indicative of delven
2. imperative of delven

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• delft

Etymology

From delven (“to delve”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

delf ?

1. Delft (a city in the modern Netherlands)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: Delft

Further reading

• “delf”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000

Middle English

Alternative forms

• delfe, delve, dælf

Etymology

From Old English delf, from delfan (Middle English delven).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?lf/, /d?lv/

Noun

delf (plural delves)

1. A quarry (pit for digging stone or clay).
2. A man-made channel or stream; a water-filled ditch.
3. A hole or ditch; a delf.

Descendants

• English: delf, delve
• Scots: delf, delph

References

• “delf, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.

Old English

Etymology

From the verb delfan (“to delve, dig, dig out, burrow, bury”), from Proto-West Germanic *delban, from Proto-Germanic *delban?, from Proto-Indo-European *d?elb?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /delf/, [de?f]

Noun

delf n (nominative plural delf)

1. digging, excavation
2. that which is dug: trench, quarry, canal

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Middle English: delf, delfe, delve, dælf
  • English: delf, delve
  • Scots: delf, delph