Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-dweola

Part of speech: -dweolda, an; Related words: ge-dwola. ge-dweola

Definitions

1 definitions

1 ge-dweola

m. Error, heresy; error, hærĕsis :-- Se ge-dweola wæs on ðam Nyceniscan sinoþe geniðerad the error was put down in the Nicene synod, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 36. Gé gedweolan lifdon ye lived in error, Invent. Crs. Recd. 623; El. 311. Se Arrianisca gedweolda Arriāna hærĕsis, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 27.

Similar Words

-gal
-gale (-a)
-galness
-gangendlic
-gealla

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛞᚹᛇᛚᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
El.: Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)

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