gedwild
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Old English[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ġedwild n
- wandering
- error, mistakenness
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Epiphany of the Lord"
- Ġewīte ðis ġedwyld fram geleaffullum heortum, þæt ænig gewyrd sy, buton se Ælmihtiga Scyppend, seðe ælcum men foresceawað lif be his geearnungum.
- Let this error depart from believing hearts, that there is any destiny excepting the Almighty Creator, who provides for every man life by his merits.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Epiphany of the Lord"
- deception, heresy
Declension[edit]
Declension of gedwild (strong a-stem)
Synonyms[edit]
- dwild n
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠEDWILD”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.