Old English · verb

dwelian

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 2
IPA: /ˈdwe.li.ɑn/
Syllables: ˈdwe · li · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: err astray

Meaning

to err, to go astray
to deceive, to lead astray

Đes ylca apostol and godspellere becōm, þurh Godes sande, æfter Drihtnes upstiġe tō heofenum, tō Ethiopian, þæt is ðǣra Silhearwena rīce, and ġemette þǣr tweġen drȳmen, Zoroes and Arfaxað, dweliende þæt folc mid heora drȳcræfte.

After the Lord's ascension to heaven, this same apostol and evangelist arrived in Ethiopia, that is, Silhearwena rice, through God's sending, where he met two sorcerers, Zoroes and Arfaxath, who were leading the people astray with their sorcery.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Conjugation

Conjugation of dwelian
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	dweliġe	dwelode
2nd singular	dwelast	dwelodest
3rd singular	dwelaþ	dwelode
Plural	dweliaþ	dwelodon
Subjunctive
Singular	dweliġe	dwelode
Plural	dweliġen	dweloden

Non-finite forms of dwelian
	Form
Infinitive	dwelian
Inflected infinitive	dwelienne
Imperative singular	dwela
Imperative plural	dweliaþ
Present participle	dweliende
Past participle	dwelod ġedwelod

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *dwelōn (“to go astray; hesitate”), ultimately related to strong dwelan, from Proto-West Germanic *dwelan, from Proto-Germanic *dwelaną. If so, then cognate with Old Frisian dwilia ("to hesitate"; whence West Frisian dwylje (“to rave, rant, rage; go astray”)).

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