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an illusion produced by diabolic agency, apparition
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  • Gedwimore

    fantasmale,

    • An. Ox. 4059.

  • Feor áweg gewítan swefna and nihta gedwymeru

    (faniasmata),

    • Hy. S. II, 31.

  • Tunglera gedwimeru

    Chaldeorum fantasmata,

    • An. Ox. 3269.
delusion, deception
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  • Sume swefna beóð of deófle tó sumum swicdóme . . . ac his gedwimor ne mæg derian þám gódum,

    • Hml. S. 21, 408.

  • Gedwimeres (-dwomeres,

    • Hpt. Gl. 514, 72
    )

    nebulonis (atrum nebulonis phantasma,

    • Ald. 66, 31.
    For the sense in which nebulonis seems to be taken here cf. nebulonis heówunga, leásunge,
    • 2238
    ),
    • An. Ox. 4695.
a delusion, that which (by diabolic power) gives a false idea, deceit :--
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  • Ne gýman gé galdra . . . ne weorðian gé wyllas ne ǽnige wudutreówu, for ðám ǽghwylce ídele syndon deófles gedwimeru,

    • Wlfst. 40, 16.

  • Hig worhton fela gedwimera on anlícnessum,

    • 11, 5.

  • Se deófol wyrcð þonne wundra þurh his scíncræft mid leásum gedwimorum,

    • Hml. S. 35, 351.

  • Sum gedwola mid manegum gedwimorum þæt landfolc bedydrode lange,

    • 31, 834.

  • Hé (St. Martin) geseah gelóme þá deóflu mid mislicum gedwymorum (cf. þá deófla mid heora searocræftum him (St. Martin) cómon gelóme tó,

    • Hml. S. 31, 706)
    . . . hé næs bepǽht ðurh heora leásungum,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 512, 21.
a delusion, a false idea entertained, error :--
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  • Wæs án hálig stów swýðe gewurðod . . . swilce ðǽr martyres lágon . . . Martinus ne gelýfde þám leásum gedwimore (cf. mid heálicum gedwylde,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 506, 27),
    • Hml. S. 31, 346.
a practice that deludes :--
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  • Gedwimere

    necromantia,

    • An. Ox. 4701.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-dwimor.” 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/47733.

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