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Old English · verb

dwelan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class IV
IPA
/ˈdwe.lɑn/
Syllables
ˈdwe · lɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
go astrayastrayerroneous

Meaning

  1. to go astray

  2. to be wrong, erroneous, or perverse

    dǣdum ġedwolene

    in deeds perverse

Conjugation

Conjugation of dwelan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular dweledwæl
2nd singular dwilestdwilstdwǣle
3rd singular dwileþdwilþdwæl
Plural dwelaþdwǣlon
Subjunctive
Singular dweledwǣle
Plural dwelendwǣlen
Non-finite forms of dwelan
Form
Infinitive dwelan
Inflected infinitive dwelenne
Imperative singular dwel
Imperative plural dwelaþ
Present participle dwelende
Past participle dwolenġedwolen

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dwelan, from Proto-Germanic *dwelaną.

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