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Old English · noun

gedwola

Normalised ġedwola

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/jeˈdwo.lɑ/
Syllables
je · ˈdwo · lɑ (3 syllables)
Modern English
mistakehereticerrorheresy

Meaning

  1. mistake, error

  2. error

    sē mennesca ġedwola

    human error

  3. heresy

    Þēos sibb āwunade on Crīstes cyriċan...ōþ ðā tīde þe sē Arrianisċa gėdweolda ārās.

    This peace persisted in Christ's church...until the time that the Arian heresy arose.

    late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

  4. heretic

Declension

Declension of gedwola
SingularPlural
Nominative ġedwolaġedwolan
Accusative ġedwolanġedwolan
Genitive ġedwolanġedwolena
Dative ġedwolanġedwolum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gadwolō, related to the verb dwolian (“to make a mistake, be wrong”); equivalent to ġe- + dwola. Cognate with Old High German gitwolo (“false doctrine, heresy”).

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