† diˈluve Obs.
[a. OF. diluve, also de-, du-, delouve (Littré), ad. L. dīluvium: cf. Pr. diluvi, dulivi, Sp. and It. diluvio. See deluge, diluvium, diluvy.]
| c 1386 Chaucer Pars. T. ¶765 (Harl.) God dreinte all þe world at þe diluve. [So Petw. & Lansd.; 3 MSS. diluge, Selden dilivio.] |