dwild
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Middle English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English dwild (“error, heresy”).
Noun[edit]
dwild (plural dwild or dwilde or dwilden)
- false belief, heresy, error
- Nu wærð swa mycel dwyld on Cristen dom swa it næfre ær ne wæs. — Peterborough Chronicle, 1131
- an illusion, a false omen
- Feole dwild wearen ge seogen and ge heord — Peterborough Chronicle, 1122
References[edit]
- Middle English Dictionary
Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dwild n
Declension[edit]
Declension of dwild (strong a-stem)
Synonyms[edit]
- ġedwild n
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “DWILD”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.