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ge-dwellan

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Trans. To lead astray.
in a physical sense (v. ge-dwelian ; II. 1),
in a mental or moral sense,
the object a person
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  • Ðæt hé gewundige ðá heortan ðára gehírendra . . ., ðæt is ðæt hé hié gedweleð

    ne erroris vulnere audientium corda feriantur,

      Past. 93, 20.
  • Mon ðá heortan and ðæt angiet gedweleð,

      95, 20.
  • Gedwæleí (v. ge-dwelian ;

      2 first passage), Met. 19, 3.
  • Hié hiora hiéremonna mód gedwellað,

      Past. 369, 18.
  • Hé gedwealde mænigne man.

      Wlfst. Ii, 2.
  • Hî folc swýðe gedwealdon,

      100, 22.
  • Hié eów tó swíðe gedwealdon mid þǽm manigfealdum gebodum

    (turbaverunt vos verbis,

      Acts 15, 24), Ll. Th. i. 56, 17.
  • Manna mód syndon áþýstrode and ádysgode and gedwealde þæt hí ǽfre sceolon lǽtan þæt deófol hig gedwellan

      , Wlfst. 185, 11-14.
  • Gedweald,

      Bt. 24, 4; F. 84, 33 (v. ge-dwelian; 2 at end).
  • Léton gedwealde men swylce hé Godes sylfes sunu wǽre,

      Wlfst. 99, 7.
with gen. of matter in respect to which there is error
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  • Ús se feónd ne gedwelle þæs rihtan geleáfan,

      Wlfst. 253, 2.
  • Se cwide is on mínum móde swá fæst ꝥ his mé nán man gedwellan ne mæg (

    sine ambiguitate cognosco),

      Bt. 33, 3; F. 126, 18.
the object a thing,
to confuse, obscure, give a wrong idea of
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  • Higiað ealle mægene ðæt hié ðæt gedwellen ðæt óðre menn rihtlíce ongieten habbað

    student summopere ab aliis recte intellecta destruere,

      Past. 365, 23.
  • Hî forþon tiliað ꝥ hí gód dón þe hí willað gedwellan þá gife óðera manna weorces (

    ut gratiam alienae operationis obnubilent),

      Gr. D. 76, 26.
intrans.
To err
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  • -Sé ðe gedweleð

    qui erraverit,

      Kent. Gl. 784.
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