Participles
| Present | dilegiende |
| Past | (ġe)dilegod |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | dilegiġe |
| 2nd sing. | dilegast |
| 3rd sing. | dilegaþ |
| 1st plur. | dilegiaþ |
| 2nd plur. | dilegiaþ |
| 3rd plur. | dilegiaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | dilegode |
| 2nd sing. | dilegodest |
| 3rd sing. | dilegode |
| 1st plur. | dilegodon |
| 2nd plur. | dilegodon |
| 3rd plur. | dilegodon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | dilegiġe |
| 2nd sing. | dilegiġe |
| 3rd sing. | dilegiġe |
| 1st plur. | dilegiġen |
| 2nd plur. | dilegiġen |
| 3rd plur. | dilegiġen |
Past
| 1st sing. | dilegode |
| 2nd sing. | dilegode |
| 3rd sing. | dilegode |
| 1st plur. | dilegoden |
| 2nd plur. | dilegoden |
| 3rd plur. | dilegoden |
Imperative
| Singular | dilega |
| Plural | dilegiaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'dilegian'
cnossian,
hwisprian,
hwistlian,
sagian,
sacian,
sadian,
solian,
siwian,
sipian,
yrsian,
myrþrian,
fuglian,
fundian,
fulwian,
fullian,
leornian,
borcian,
borgian,
beorhtian,
wohhian, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'dilegian'
adilegian,
dilgian,
adilgian,
plegian,
witegian,
ablerian,
behegian,
biegan,
biemian,
bisenian,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *diligōn.
Sample Sentences
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c. 897, Alfred the Great, translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
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Sē wrītere, ġif hē ne dilegaþ þæt hē ǣr wrāt, þēah hē nǣfre mā nāwiht ne wrīte, þæt biþ þēah unġedilegod þæt hē ǣr wrāt. (If a writer doesn't erase what he wrote before, it stays unerased even if he never writes anything again.)
Cognates
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