gedwola

Old English

Etymology

From or related to the verb dwolian (“to make a mistake, be wrong”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈdwo.lɑ/

Noun

ġedwola m

1. (countable) mistake, error
2. (uncountable) error

   sē mennesca ġedwola

   human error

3. (countable, uncountable) heresy
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     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.

4. heretic

Declension

Declension of ġedwola (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġedwola	ġedwolan
accusative	ġedwolan	ġedwolan
genitive	ġedwolan	ġedwolena
dative	ġedwolan	ġedwolum

Derived terms

• ġedwolcræft
• ġedwolgod
• ġedwolsprǣc

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠEDWOLA”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.