dwellan

Old English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰwel-der.

Proto-Germanic *dwalaz

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Germanic *-janą

Proto-Germanic *dwaljaną

Proto-West Germanic *dwalljan

Old English dwellan

From Proto-West Germanic *dwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *dwaljaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdwel.lɑn/, [ˈdweɫ.ɫɑn]

Verb

dwellan

1. to mislead, deceive

   Mē þyncþ þæt þū mē dwealde.

   It seems that you have deceived me.

2. to hinder
3. to err, go astray
4. to dwell, remain

Conjugation

Conjugation of dwellan (weak, class 1)

infinitive	dwellan	dwellenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
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; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “dwellan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.