fardiligon

Old Dutch

Etymology

From far- + *diligon (to neutralize).

Verb

fardiligon

  1. (transitive) to erase, to remove, to blot out
    • Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen [The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses]; Between 900 and 1000 CE;
      Fardiligon uuerthin fan buoke libbendero
      Let them be blotted out of the book of the living (KJV)
  2. (transitive) to exterminate

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: verdeligen

Further reading

  • fardiligon”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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