† dwelen.
Obsolete.
A going astray; error, delusion, deceit.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [noun] > being astray, error
woughc888
dwalec950
dwildOE
wharfedlaikc1175
dwele?c1225
dwelth?c1225
misfarea1387
wilsomenessa1400
mistake1635
fallacy1645
solecism1649
mistakenness1865
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) i. viii. 42 Se gedweola wæs on ðam Nyceaniscan sinoþe ge iðerad.]
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 52 Lauerd..Went awei min echnen from þe worldes dweole.
c1275 Passion our Lord 525 in Old Eng. Misc. 52 Þenne wrþ þe laste dwele wurse to alegge.
c1275 Orison of our Lady 35 in Old Eng. Misc. 160 Iluued ich habbe gomen and gleo..Al þat is dweole wel i seo.
a1300 Sarmun xxvii, in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 4 Þeiȝ freris prech of heuen and helle..al þat him þenchit bot dwelle.
a1350 Life Jesu 149 (Mätz.) It nis bote dwele.
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† dwelev.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To wander, go astray; to err, be deluded.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > be or become mad [verb (intransitive)]
dwelec900
wedec900
awedeeOE
starea1275
braidc1275
ravea1325
to be out of mindc1325
woodc1374
to lose one's mindc1380
madc1384
forgetc1385
to go out of one's minda1398
to wede (out) of, but wita1400
foolc1400
to go (also fall, run) mada1450
forcene1490
ragec1515
waltc1540
maddle?c1550
to go (also run, set) a-madding (or on madding)1565
pass of wita1616
to have a gad-bee in one's brain1682
madden1704
to go (also be) off at the nail1721
distract1768
craze1818
to get a rat1890
to need (to have) one's head examined (also checked, read)1896
(to have) bats in the belfryc1901
to have straws in one's hair1923
to take the bats1927
to go haywire1929
to go mental1930
to go troppo1941
to come apart1954
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > misinterpret [verb (intransitive)]
dwelec900
misweena1325
misconceivec1395
misunderstanda1400
misthinka1530
missavour1540
mistake1548
writhe1561
misconstrue1581
misapprehend1658
misconstruct1678
misobserve1693
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > act wrongly or immorally [verb (intransitive)] > err or go wrong or astray
misfareeOE
wanderc897
dwelec900
miswendOE
misfereOE
misnimc1225
failc1290
to go willa1300
misgoc1300
misstepc1300
errc1315
strayc1325
folly1357
wryc1369
crookc1380
miscarryc1390
ravec1390
astray1393
forloinc1400
delire?a1475
to go wrong?1507
to tread the shoe awrya1542
swerve1576
prevaricate1582
tread awrya1625
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > stray or go astray
dwelec900
miswendOE
to fare astray (misliche, amiss)c1175
to step astray, awry, beside1297
weyec1315
outrayc1330
strayc1330
waivea1375
forvay1390
outwandera1400
stragglea1425
waverc1485
wander?1507
swerve1543
wift?a1560
random1561
estray1572
egar1584
to go a-strayinga1586
to step aside1787
err1819
moider1839
maverick1910
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > be mistaken, err [verb (intransitive)]
dwelec900
haltc900
marOE
slidea1000
misfangOE
missOE
to have wough?c1225
misnimc1225
misrekec1275
mis-startc1275
err1303
to go wrongc1340
misgo1340
slipc1340
snapperc1380
forvay1390
to miss of ——c1395
to make a balkc1430
to run in ——1496
trip1509
fault1530
mistake1548
misreckon1584
misstep1605
warpa1616
solecize1627
hallucinate1652
nod1677
to go will1724
to fare astray (misliche, amiss)a1849
slip1890
skid1920
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > error in belief or opinion > believe or opine wrongly [verb (intransitive)]
dwelec900
err1303
misbelievea1400
misdeema1400
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iv. iii. 270 Þurh monige stowe dwoliende.
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. iv. xxvii. 362 To ðæm dwoligendum læce~domum deofolgylda.
c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 384 Þæt he swa lange on ðam holte..dwelode.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxii. 29 Ge dweliaþ and ne cunnon halige ge-writu.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 109 Ȝif þe larðeu dwelað hwa bið siððan his larþeu.
a1300 E.E. Psalter lvii[i]. 4 Þai dweled fra magh.
2. intransitive. To be torpid, to be stunned, to swoon.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > lose consciousness [verb (intransitive)] > faint or swoon
swotherc1000
swowa1250
swoonc1290
sweltc1330
trance1340
to fall on, in swowa1375
swapc1386
sound1393
dwelea1400
swaya1400
faintc1440
owmawt1440
swalmc1440
sweamc1440
syncopize1490
dwalm?a1513
swarf1513
swound1530
cothe1567
sweb1599
to go away1655
to die away1707
go1768
sink1769
sile1790
to pass out1915
to black out1935
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > become dulled [verb (intransitive)] > be stunned
dwelea1400
stoynea1464
astony1850
a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 770 The cradel turnd up so doun on ground, Up so doun, in hire feghting, That the child lai dweling.
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