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ge-dwola

  • noun [ masculine ]
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ge-dwola, -dweola, an; m.
error, madness, heresy; error, errātum, vesānia, hærĕsis
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  • Se mennisca gedwola

    human error.

    • Bt. 33, 2; Fox 122, 22
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  • Se Arrianisca gedwola

    Arriāna hærĕsis,

    • Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 33
      • :
    • Bt. Met. Fox 1, 81
      • ;
    • Met. 1, 41
      • .

  • Óþ ða tíde ðæs Arrianiscan gedwolan

    usque ad tempŏra Arriānæ vesāniæ,

    • Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 18
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  • Gé gedwolan fylgdon

    ye followed error,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 742
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    • El. 371
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    • Bt. Met. Fox 26, 108
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    • Met. 26, 54
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  • Ðæt ða beóþ on gedwolan gelǽdde

    ut in errŏrem indūcantur,

      Mt. Bos. 24, 24 :
    • Gen. 21, 14 : 37, 15
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    • Bt. Met. Fox 26, 78
      • ;
    • Met. 26, 39
      • .

  • Þurh deópne gedwolan

    through deep error,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1221
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    • An. 611
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    • Exon. 70 a; Th. 260, 22
      • ;
    • Jul. 301
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  • Gedwolena rím

    a number of errors,

    • 71 a; Th. 264, 23
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    • Jul. 368
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  • For mínum gedwolum

    pro meis errātĭbus,

    • Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 3
      • .
a heretic; hærĕtĭcus
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  • Begeat se gedwola ðæs cáseres fultum to his gedwylde

    the heretic got the emperor's support to his heresy,

    • Homl. Th. i. 290, 11, 17, 28
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  • Done ealdan gedwolan

    the old deceiver,

    • Blickl. Homl. 7, 12
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v.  ge-dweola dwola.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-dwola.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/14135.

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