v. (pp.)
'deluded'
(Modern English )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
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