dwellan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dwaljaną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdwel.lɑn/, [ˈdweɫ.ɫɑn]

Verb

dwellan

to mislead, deceive
Mē þyncþ þæt þū mē dwealde.
It seems that you have deceived me.
to hinder
to err, go astray
to dwell, remain

Conjugation

Conjugation of dwellan (weak class 1)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	dwellan	dwellenne
first person singular	dwelle	dwealde
second person singular	dwelest	dwealdest
third person singular	dweleþ	dwealde
plural	dwellaþ	dwealdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	dwelle	dwealde
plural	dwellen	dwealden
imperative
singular	dwele
plural	dwellaþ
participle	present	past
	dwellende	(ġe)dweald

Related terms

dwelian

Descendants

Middle English: dwellen, duell, duelle, dwel, dwell, dwelle, dwellyn, dweylle
- English: dwell
- Scots: dwall

Further reading

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

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