Gedwol-mann

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gedwol-mann

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 gedwol-mann

Add: one who is in error, (i) a mistaken person, ne who acts under a misapprehension : -- Fæder, . . . forgif ðás dǽde þisum gedwolmannum, for ðan ðe hí nyton hwæt hí nú dóð, Hml. Th. ii. 256, 8. (2) one who holds erroneous opinions in matters of faith, (a) an opponent of Christianity :-- Andeteras (confessores) Crístes naman mid sóðum geleáfan andetton bealdlíce betwux gedwolmannum, Hml. Th. ii. 558, 24. (b) an unorthodox person, a heretic, schismatic :-- Ðá gedwolmenn (haeretici) mid wóre láre ofsleáð ðæt mód geleáffullra monna, Past. 367, 15: 369, 17. Of ðám gedwylde þe gedwolmen setton be hyre ácennednysse, Hml. A. 24, 6 : Hml. S. 1, 5. Ðá gedwolmen þe dwelodon þone cásere, 3, 312. Hé folgode gedwylde þurh gedwolmanna tihtinge, 296. Gedwolmanna scismalicorum i. herfticortim, An. Ox. 417: Hpt. 474, 49. Hé wolde sweltan for rihte ǽr ðám þe hé forsuwode þone sóðan gelýfan betwux þám gedwolmannum þe hine drehton, Hml. S. 3, 669. gedwol-mann

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖᛞᚹᚩᛚ-ᛗᚪᚾᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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