dwild

Middle English

Etymology

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

Noun

dwild (plural dwild or dwilde or dwilden)

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dwild/, [dwiɫd]

Noun

dwild n

error
heresy

Declension

Declension of dwild (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	dwild	dwild
accusative	dwild	dwild
genitive	dwildes	dwilda
dative	dwilde	dwildum

Synonyms

ġedwild n

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “DWILD”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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