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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-dwelian

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1 ge-dwelian

I. to deceive, lead astray :-- Ðæt his me nán man gedweligan mæg that no man can seduce me from it, Bt. 23, 3; Fox 126, 18. Ne weorðe ic ðínra dóma gedweled ǽfre judicia tua non sum oblitus, Ps. Th. 118, 30. II. to err :-- Ic gedwelede swá ðæt dysige scép erravi sicut ovis, Ps. Th. 118, 176. and gedwellan. ge-dwelian
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛞᚹᛖᛚᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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