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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *waldan. Cognate with Old Saxon waldan, Old High German waltan (German walten), Old Norse valda (Swedish vålla), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (waldan).
Pronunciation
Verb
wealdan
- to control (+ genitive, dative, or instrumental)
- c. 973, Æthelwold's translation of the Rule of Saint Benedict
Abbod þe þæs wierðe sīe þæt hē mynstres wealde, hē sċeal ā ġemunan hwæt hē ġecweden is and þæs ealdorsċipes naman mid dǣdum ġefyllan.- An abbot who is qualified to run a monastery should always remember what he is called and live up to the name of superior by his actions.
- to wield (e.g. a sword) (+ genitive, dative, or instrumental)
- to rule (+ genitive, dative, or accusative)
c. 700 AD, Bēowulf, ll. 2389-90:lēt þone bregustōl Bēowulf healdan, / Ġēatum wealdan· þæt wæs gōd cyning.- the throne he let Beowulf hold, / to rule the Geats; that was a good king.
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- Middle English: welden, weld, welde, weldon, wielde, wild, wilde, wold, wolde, wolden, weld, welde; weild, weilde, veild; weild, weilde, veild, wald, walde; walden, wælden; wald, walde, wealde, wealden, uelden