dwellan

Old English

Alternative forms
  • dƿellan – wynn spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dwaljaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdwel.lɑn/, [ˈdweɫ.ɫɑn]

Verb

dwellan

  1. to mislead, deceive
    Me þyncþ þæt þū me dwealde.
    It seems that you have deceived me.
  2. to hinder
  3. to err, go astray

Conjugation
Conjugation of dwellan (weak class 1)
infinitive dwellan dwellenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular dwelle dwealde
2nd-person singular dwelest dwealdest
3rd-person singular dweleþ dwealde
plural dwellaþ dwealdon
subjunctive present past
singular dwelle dwealde
plural dwellen dwealden
imperative
singular dwele
plural dwellaþ
participle present past
dwellende (ġe)dweald

Descendants
  • Middle English: dwellen

Further reading
  • dwellan in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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