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one who is in error, (i) a mistaken person, ne who acts under a misapprehension :
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  • Fæder, . . . forgif ðás dǽde þisum gedwolmannum, for ðan ðe hí nyton hwæt hí nú dóð,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 256, 8.
one who holds erroneous opinions in matters of faith,
an opponent of Christianity
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  • Andeteras (confessores) Crístes naman mid sóðum geleáfan andetton bealdlíce betwux gedwolmannum,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 558, 24.
an unorthodox person, a heretic, schismatic
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  • Ðá gedwolmenn ( haeretici ) mid wóre láre ofsleáð ðæt mód geleáffullra monna,

    • Past. 367, 15: 369, 17.

  • Of ðám gedwylde þe gedwolmen setton be hyre ácennednysse,

    • Hml. A. 24, 6 : Hml. S. 1, 5.

  • Ðá gedwolmen þe dwelodon þone cásere,

    • 3, 312.

  • Hé folgode gedwylde þurh gedwolmanna tihtinge,

    • 296.

  • Gedwolmanna

    scismalicorum i. herfticortim,

    • An. Ox. 417: Hpt. 474, 49.

  • Hé wolde sweltan for rihte ǽr ðám þe hé forsuwode þone sóðan gelýfan betwux þám gedwolmannum þe hine drehton,

    • Hml. S. 3, 669.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gedwol-mann.” 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/47747.

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