dwild

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English dwild (“error, heresy”).

Noun

dwild (plural dwild or dwilde or dwilden)

1. false belief, heresy, error

   Nu wærð swa mycel dwyld on Cristen dom swa it næfre ær ne wæs. — Peterborough Chronicle, 1131

2. an illusion, a false omen

   Feole dwild wearen ge seogen and ge heord — Peterborough Chronicle, 1122

References

• Middle English Dictionary

Old English

Alternative forms

• dwyld

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dwalliþu, from Proto-Germanic *dwaliþō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dwild/, [dwiɫd]
• Rhymes: -ild

Noun

dwild n

1. error
2. heresy

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	dwild	dwild
accusative	dwild	dwild
genitive	dwildes	dwilda
dative	dwilde	dwildum

Synonyms

• ġedwild n

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “DWILD”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.