geweald
Old English
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editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *gawald; equivalent to ġe- + weald, derived from wealdan (“to control”). Cognate with Old High German giwalt (whence modern German Gewalt).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editġeweald n
- control
- power
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"
- Se feorða leahtor is ira þæt is on englisc weamodnyss. Seo deð þæt se man nah his modes ġeweald and macað manslihtas and mycele yfelu.
- The fourth sin is Ira, that is in English, Anger; it causeth that a man have no power over his mind, and bringeth about manslaughters and many evils.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"
Declension
editDeclension of ġeweald (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
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- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂welh₁- (rule)
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms prefixed with ge-
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