different between dolmen vs dolven

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French dolmen. Perhaps incorrectly fabricated from Breton taol maen (taol (“table”) + maen (“stone”)) (the correct compound would be *taolvaen, not **daolmaen). See also menhir.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?l.m?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?do?l.m?n/, /?d?l.m?n/

Noun

dolmen (plural dolmens)

1. A prehistoric megalithic tomb consisting of a capstone supported by two or more upright stones, most having originally been covered with earth or smaller stones to form a barrow.
2. More generally, any megalithic tomb, including passage graves and wedge tombs.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with dolman.

Synonyms

• cromlech
• portal tomb

Translations

See also

• cairn
• menhir

Homophones

• dolman

Further reading

• dolmen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• Lemond, Meldon, Molden, molden, old men, old-men, oldmen

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1870. From French dolmen. Traditional local denominations of dolmens include anta, arca, forno, casota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?lm??]

Noun

dolmen m (plural dolmens)

1. dolmen
   • 1883, Manuel Lago, Obra:

     Ai! Cando funguen os ventos nas polas do castañal xa non ruxirán as armas qu'alí tiñan nosos pais...! Donde fixemos fogueiras os carrascos nacerán, e no dolmen en qu'ibamos de noite a sacrificar, criaránse herbas e toxos i os mouchos aniñarán... Cobrirán silvas i hadreiras as pedras do noso lar, e sobr'as mámoas dos mortos xente allea pasará

     Woe! When the winds hum in the chestnut branches no longer will roar our father's arms there! Where we lighted bonfires, oaks will grow, and at the dolmen where we made our sacrifices at night, weeds and gorses will grow and the owl will make nest... Brambles and ivies will cover the stones of our home, and over the barrows of the dead, alien people will walk

   Synonym: anta

References

• “dolmen” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “dolmen” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French dolmen.

Noun

dolmen m (plural dolmens)

1. (Jersey) dolmen

Romanian

Etymology

From French dolmen

Noun

dolmen n (plural dolmene)

1. dolmen

Declension

English

Verb

dolven

1. (obsolete) past participle of delve

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?lv?n

Verb

dolven

1. plural past indicative and subjunctive of delven

Anagrams

• lovend, vloden

Middle English

Verb

dolven

1. past participle of delven
   • c. 1350, William [surname unknown], William of Palerne

     He was ded & doluen

   • c. 1360, John Mandeville (accredited), The Travels of Sir John Mandeville

     for he smote so strongly and so hard himself in that rock, that all his body was dolven within through the miracle of God.

   • 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess

     I had be dolven everydel, And ded, ryght thurgh defaute of slep.'

   • 1483, William Caxton, The Golden Legend

     And then they made an oratory behind the altar, and would have dolven for to have laid the body in that oratory .