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dwellan

  • verb
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Wright's OE grammar
§263; §299; §534;
Dele 'p. dwelede,' and
(
see dwelian,
1 a),
and add:
trans.
To lead astray, lead into error
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  • Unwærlicu sprǽc menn dweleð

    incauta locutio in errorem pertrahit,

      Past. 89, 8.
  • Ðæt hí mid ðǽre lícettunga óðre men ne dwellen,

      449, 24.
intrans.
To go astray, wander
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  • 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.
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  • dwellan, v.