dwale

Meanings

Noun

• Belladonna or a similar soporific plant.
• a sleeping-potion, especially one made from belladonna
• A torpor.
• A bugbear.
• a sable or black color.

Verb

• To mutter deliriously

Origin

• From Middle English dwale ("stupor; deception; delusion, evil"), from Old English dwala, dwola and Old Norse dvala.
• From Middle English dwalen, from Old English dwalian, from Proto-Germanic *dwalōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwelH-.