dilegian

== Old English == === Alternative forms === diligian, dilgian, dielgian === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *diligōn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdi.le.ɡi.ɑn/, [ˈdi.le.ɣi.ɑn] === Verb === dilegian to blot out, wipe off, erase c. 897, Alfred the Great, translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care to destroy ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ādilegian ġedilegian fordilegian ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: dilȝhen, dillȝhenn, diliȝen