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dwolian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Wright's OE grammar
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to stray,
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  • Þá þá heó swá wídgál swíðe dwolode

    dum vaga nimium erraret,

      Gr. D. 176, 21.
  • Scípa ðá ðe ne duoladon

    oves quae non erraverunt,

      Mt. L. 18, 13.
  • On wudum dwolgende,

      Bl. H. 193, 8.
  • Swylce hwylc man urne þǽr geond dwoliende

    ac si in eis aliquis erranda discurreret,

      Gr. D. 236, 11.
figurative
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  • Of ðínum bebodum ic ne dwolade

    de mandatis tuis non erravi,

      Ps. L. 118, 10.
of inaccurate conception.
to mistake, err
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  • Bið se here eal ídel, ðonne hé on óðer folc winnan sceal, gif se heretoga dwolað

    in exploratione hostium frustra exercitus velociter sequitur, si ab ipso duce itineris erratur,

      Past. 129, 9.
  • Gé dwoligas (duolas, L.

    erratis

    ), ne wutun gé giwriotu,
      Mk. R. 12, 24, Gié duolages, L. 27.
to be out of one's senses. Cf. dwolung
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  • Ic dwolie deliro, þú dwolast

    deliras,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 5, 6.
  • Wénde se cniht ꝥ hé dwolode ... Hé cwæð: 'Wite þú ꝥ ic náht ne dwolige'

    cum hunc puer insanire crederet ... dicens: 'Non insanio,'

      Gr. D. 314, 7-10.
of wrong conduct,
to err
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  • Álýse mé of ðám gedwolan þe ic gyt on dwolige,

      Shrn. 170, 17.
  • Ne dwolað

    non errabit,

      Kent. Gl. 555.
  • Dwoliað

    errant,

    491.
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v. dwalian in Dict., and cf. dwelian.
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