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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gawaldan,
Verb
ġewealdan
- to rule (+ genitive, dative, or accusative)
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost"
Uespasianus hatte se casere, ðe on ðam dagum ġewēold ealles middangeardes cynedomes.- Vespasian the emperor was called, who in those days ruled the kingdom of the whole world.
Conjugation