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dwelian

  • verb [ weak ]
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intrans.
to go astray,
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  • Hé on ðám holte dwelode (

    wandered

    ), oð þæt hine wulfas tótǽron,
      Hml. Th. i. 384, 10.

  • Hé án (sceáp), þe ðǽr losode and dwelede, sóhte,

      R. Ben. 51, 19.
  • Heó began faran ... swilce heó dweliende þyder cóme ... Heó cwæð mid wóplicre stefne: 'Dweliende, leóf, ic cóm hyder,' Hml. A. 196, 24-29.

  • Dweli(ende)

    erraneam, ł errantem (ovem ),

      An. Ox. 347.
figurative
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  • Nú ic wæs of þám rihtan wege mínes ingeþances, ac betere hit bið ꝥ ic eft fare út of þysum porte, ðy lǽs ic tó swíðe dwelige,

      Hml. S. 23, 553.

  • Ðá ðe fyligað þǽre gýtsunge, hí dweliað fram Godes geleáfon,

      Hml. Th. i. 256, 18.

  • Ðá, þe lífes weg lǽdan cunnan, gebringan on rihtwege þá, þe ǽr dweledan (-odan,

    v. l.

    ),
      Wlfst. 75, 2.

  • Sé ðe færð on sóðre lufe ne mæg hé dwelian; heó gewissað and gelǽt,

      Hml. Th. i. 52, 15.

  • Dweliende

    exorbitans (a recto religionis tramite ),

      An. Ox. 3697: 4619.
of inaccurate conception,
to mistake, err
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  • Swíþe raþe þé bið cúþ ꝥ wit ne dwelgaþ,

      Bl. H. 189, 6.

  • Sume gedwolmenn cwǽdon ... ac hí dwelodon mid þǽre segene (

    they were mistaken in what they said

    ),
      Hml. Th. i. 486, 7.

  • Ne dwela ðú on ídel ... and ne wén ðú ná be þé ꝥ þú ungewítnod beó,

      Hml. S. 25, 157. (2 a) of madness :--
    Seó dohtor on wódum dreáme læg dweligende, Hml. Th. ii. 110, 19.
of wrong conduct,
to err
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  • Þú dwelast, geneálǽc and geoffra þíne lác,

      Hml. S. 14, 33.

  • Mid þám Francum þe þá swíðost dweledon on deófles biggencgum,

      29, 165.

  • Hié on hǽðnum þeáwum dwelgende wǽron,

      Bl. H. 201, 20.

  • Dryhten, þú gecyrst ðá dweliendan,

      Hml. S. 30, 68.
trans.
To lead astray.
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  • Ðá genipu hit dweliað,

      Sal. K. 148, 5.
moral
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  • Hý dwelode deófol,

      Wlfst. 11, 8: 156, 8.

  • Hí ne gelýfdan on riht ... ac mid manegum gedwyldum dwelodan (-edon,

    v. l.

    ) þá
      Crístenan, Hml. S. 3, 357.
  • Þá dwolmen dwelodon þone cásere, 312.
  • Cf. dwolian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “dwelian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/43115.

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