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wealwian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wealwian, p. ode
Wright's OE grammar
§264; §536;
To wallow, roll (intrans.)
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  • Ðonne tyht hié ðæt ierre ðæt hié wealwiaþ on ða wédenheortnesse

    impellente ira in mentis vesaniam devolvuntur,

      Past. 40; Swt. 289, 6.

  • Hé wealwode on ðæm gedrófum wætere

    in lutosa aqua semetipsum volvit,

      54; Swt. 421, 8.

  • His hors feól wealwigende geond ða eorðan . . . mid ðam ðe hit swá wealwode,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 207.

  • Ða felga hangiaþ on ðám spácan, þeáh hí eallunga wealowigen on ðære eorþan,

      Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 14.

  • Ðæt hors ongan walwian and on gehwæþere sídan gelómlíce hit oferweorpan (

    in diversum latus vicissim sese volvere

    ),
      Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 40.

  • Micel stán wealwiende of ðam heáhan munte,

      Bt. 6; Fox 14, 28.
Etymology
[Hie secheð to þe fule floddri and þaron waleweð, O. E. Homl. ii. 37, 27: H. M. 13, 34. They walweden as pigges in a poke, Chauc. Reeves T. 358. Þe grete wawes walweth (walketh, v. l.), Piers P. 8, 41.]
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v. be-wealwian; wilwian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wealwian.” 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/34821.

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