biwyled

v. (pp.)

'deluded'

(Modern English )

Etymology

Formed on wyles (or directly on one of the verbs cited in its etymological discussion).

PGmc Ancestor

(1) *wīl-; (2) wīgel-; (4) ?*wihl

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

(4) vél (n.) ‘wile, device, trick’, cp. véla ‘to defraud, trick’
(ONP (4) vél (1) (sb.); cp. véla (3) (vb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

(4) Far væl, Icel vél, Norw vēl, MSw väl

OE Cognate

Phonological and morphological markers

Summary category

DD1

Attestation

A handful of occurrences are cited in MED, which incl. in the same entry forms spelt <wil> (which are widespread, from a1275(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Trin-C B.14.39) onwards) and <wiʒel>/<wihel> (from LB.Cal and Seinte Juliene only, and which more clearly descend from OE wīgl-).

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Gaw 2425

Bibliography

MED biwīlen (v.) , Dance biwyled