dwale

dwale · noun¹

1. Old Norse · derived fromdvala“sleep, stupor”
2. Old English · inherited fromdwala
3. Middle English · inherited fromdwale“stupor; deception; delusion, evil”
4. English todaydwale

From Middle English dwale (“stupor; deception; delusion, evil”), from Old English dwala, dwola (“error, heresy; doubt; madman, deceiver, heretic”) and Old Norse dvala (“sleep, stupor”).

dwale · verb²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰwelH-“to make turbid”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*dwalōną
3. Old English · inherited fromdwalian
4. Middle English · inherited fromdwalen
5. English todaydwale

From Middle English dwalen, from Old English dwalian, from Proto-Germanic *dwalōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwelH- (“to make turbid”).

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