delf

Apr. 11th, 2008 08:09 am
prettygoodword: text: words are sexy (Default)
[personal profile] prettygoodword
delf - n., an excavation, a quarry, mine, pit, ditch.


Something delved. From Old English, where the verb form was delfan, from Germanic roots.

And that wraps up another week of Words from the Little Red Bag -- back to the usual music mix after the weekend break.

---L.

January 2026

S M T W T F S
     1 23
4 5 6 7 8 910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Jan. 11th, 2026 07:15 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios