Dwellan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - dwellan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

dwellan
Dele 'p. dwelede,' and III (see dwelian, I. 1 a), and add: I. trans. To lead astray, lead into error :-- Unwærlicu sprǽc menn dweleð incauta locutio in errorem pertrahit, Past. 89, 8. Ðæt hí mid ðǽre lícettunga óðre men ne dwellen, 449, 24. II. intrans. To go astray, wander :-- Dwelet obambulat, An. Ox. 47, 1. Álýse mé of ðám gedwolan þe ic on oð þisum dwealde, Shrn. 170, 17. Hí dweldon on wéstene erraverunt in solitudine, Ps. Spl. 106, 4. dwellan
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