gedwild

• ġedwyld

From ġe- +‎ dwild.

• IPA^(key): /jeˈdwild/, [jeˈdwiɫd]

ġedwild n

1. wandering
2. error, mistakenness
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Epiphany of the Lord"

     Ġewīte ðis ġedwyld fram geleaffullum heortum, þæt ænig gewyrd sy, buton se Ælmihtiga Scyppend, seðe ælcum men foresceawað lif be his geearnungum.

     Let this error depart from believing hearts, that there is any destiny excepting the Almighty Creator, who provides for every man life by his merits.

3. deception, heresy

Strong a-stem:

• ġedwildæfterfylgung f
• ġedwildmann m

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠEDWILD”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.