Ge-dwolian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-dwolian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-dwolian
Add: -dwalian. I. to go astray, wander from the path. (l) lit. :-- Gif gedwalige (-duologia, L., erraverit) án ðára scípa. . hé gáð soece þætte gedwalode (-duolade, L., erravit) . . . hé máre gefeáþ be þǽm þonne be þǽm . . . þe ne gedwaladan (erraverunt), Mt. . . . 18, 12-13. Gif mon on his wege biþ gedwolod, Lch. ii. 290, 17. 2) fig. :-- Ne eart þú ealles of þám earde ádrifen, þeáh þú ðǽr on gedwolode tu a patria non quidem pulsus es sed aberrasti. Bt. 5, l; F. , 36. II. to err, Bl. H. 87, 30: Mk. R. 12, 27.

Related words: Dict. ge-dwolian

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