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DWELIAN

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
DWELIAN, dweligan, dweoligan, dwalian, dwolian, dwoligan; part. dweliende, dweligende; ic dwelige, ðú dwelast, he dwelaþ, pl. dweliaþ, dweligaþ, dweligeaþ; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed.
v. n.
To be led into error, err; in errōrem dūci, errāre
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  • Dwelian he dyde híg on wæglǽste oððe bútan wege, and ná on wege

    errāre fecit eos in invio, et non in via,

    • Ps. Lamb. 106,
      • 40.

  • Wæs ðæt dweligende sceáp ongeán fered

    the wandering sheep was brought back,

    • Homl. Th. i. 340,
      • 4.

  • Dysige men, dweligende, sécaþ ðæt héhste gód on ða sámran gesceafta

    foolish men, erring, seek the highest good in the worse creatures,

    • Bt. 33,
      • 1;
    • Fox 120,
      • 12.

  • Ða seofon dweligendan steorran

    the seven wandering stars, the planets,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 18, 26,
      • 29.

  • Ge dweliaþ

    errātis,

    • Mt. Bos. 22,
      • 29.

  • Hú ne dweligaþ ge

    nonne ĭdeo errātis?

    • Mk. Bos. 12,
      • 24.

  • Swýðe ge dweligeaþ

    multum errātis,

    • 14,
      • 27.

  • Ða ongunnon clypian ðæt se rihtwísa dwelode

    they begun to say that the righteous man erred,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 300,
      • 17.

  • He dyde ðæt ge dwelodon of ðam wege

    ut errāre te facĕret de via,

    • Deut. 13,
      • 5.

  • Hí dwelodon on þwyrlícum dǽdum

    they erred in perverse actions,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 398, 7: 46,
      • 26.

  • Hí dweledon

    errāvērunt,

    • Ps. Spl. 57,
      • 3.
v. a.
To lead into error, mislead, deceive; in errōrem dūcĕre, decĭpĕre
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  • Ðæt folc dweliende

    misleading the people,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 492,
      • 35.

  • Ic ðé ne dwelode I have not deceived thee, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 1; 164, 32, MS. Bod. Me þincþ ðæt ðú me dwelige

    methinks that thou misleadest me,

    • 35,
      • 5;
    • Fox 164,
      • 12.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. duelan errāre:
Frs. dwæljen, dwyljen to err:
O. Frs. dwela, dwila to err:
Dut. dwálen to err
.]
Derived forms
a-dwelian, ge-, ofa-
Linked entries
v.  ge-dwelian dwalian dweoligan dwolian.
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Citation

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/8153.

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