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ge-weald

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
ge-weald, -wald, es; m. n.
power, strength, might, efficacy; potestas
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  • Þurh geweald Godes

    through the power of God,

    • Cd. 1
      • ;
    • Th. 1, 21
      • ;
    • Gen. 11
      • .

  • Geweald hafaþ

    shall have power,

    • Exon. 32 a
      • ;
    • Th. 100, 29
      • ;
    • Cri. 1649
      • .

  • Wiste his fingra geweald

    knew the power of his fingers,

    • Beo. Th. 1533
      • ;
    • B. 764
      • .

  • Gif hit geweald áhte

    if it possessed power,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 22
      • ;
    • 72
      • ;
    • Met. 22, 36
      • .

  • Gif mon óþrum ða geweald forsleá uppe on ðam sweoran

    if a man rupture the powers [tendons] on another's neck,

    • L. Alf. pol. 77
      • ;
    • Th. i. 100, 10
      • .
power over any thing, empire, rule, dominion, mastery, sway, jurisdiction, government, protection, keeping, a bridle-bit; potestas, facuitas, imperium, ditio, arbitrium, jus, camas
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  • Ðæt he náge ðæra geweald

    that he has no power over them,

    • L. Alf. pol. 77
      • ;
    • Th. i. l00, 12
      • :
    • Jud. Thw. p. 153, 9
      • .

  • Ðonne he his geweald hafaþ

    when he has power over it,

    • Cd. 30
      • ;
    • Th.40, 7
      • ;
    • Gen. 635
      • :
    • Bt. Met. Fox 9, 126
      • ;
    • Met. 9, 63
      • .

  • Gesealde wǽpna geweald

    gave power over weapons,

    • Cd. 143
      • ;
    • Th. 178, 31
      • ;
    • Exod. 20
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  • Áhte bega geweald, lífes and deáðes

    he had power of both, of life and death,

    • Exon. 40 a
      • ;
    • Th. 133, 24
      • ;
    • Gú. 494
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 3459
      • ;
    • B. 1727
      • :
    • Shrn. 150, 13
      • .

  • On geweald gehwearf worold-cyninga

    it passed into the power of worldly kings,

    • Beo. Th. 3372
      • ;
    • B. 1684
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 2547
      • ;
    • An. 1275
      • .

  • His gewealdes

    of his own accord,

    • L. Alf. 13
      • ;
    • Th. i. 46, 21
      • .

  • Ðæt se Gode móte in geweald cuman

    that he may come into God's dominion,

    • Exon. 32 b
      • ;
    • Th. 103, 27
      • ;
    • Cri. 1694
      • ;
    • Cd. 10
      • ;
    • Th. 13, 14
      • ;
    • Gen. 202
      • .

  • Wer-þeóda geweald

    the sway of nations,

    • 161
      • ;
    • Th. 202, 4
      • ;
    • Exod. 383
      • .

  • Wínærnes geweald

    jurisdiction over the wine-hall,

    • Beo. Th. 1312
      • ;
    • B. 654
      • .

  • Ðú scealt wǽpned-men wesan on gewealde

    thou shalt be in subjection to man,

    • Cd. 43
      • ;
    • Th. 56, 30
      • ;
    • Gen. 920
      • .

  • Ðæt mín sáwul to ðé síðian móte on ðín geweald

    that my soul may proceed to thee, into fly keeping,

    • Byrht. Th. 136, 66
      • ;
    • By. 178
      • .

  • Ic ðǽ lǽte habban ðis land to gewealde

    I will let you rule this land,

    • H. R. 101, 33
      • .

  • Ic hine sealde to ðínum gewealde

    I have given him into thy power,

    • Num. 21, 34
      • .

  • Ðæt is God ðe ealle þing on his gewealdum hafaþ

    that is God, that hath all things in its power,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 178, 11
      • :
    • Blickl. Homl. 63, 3
      • .

  • Siððan ic ðá me hæfde ðás þing ealle be gewealdum

    quibus in potestatem redactis,

    • Nar. 5, 17
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  • Under háligra hyrda gewealdum

    under the protection of holy guardians,

    • Exon. 38 b
      • ;
    • Th. 127, 15
      • ;
    • Gú. 386
      • :
    • Ps. Spl. 31, 12
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. gi-wald; f. potestas, facultas, imperium:
Ger. gewalt; f:
M. H. Ger. gewalt; f:
O. H. Ger. gawalt; m. f.
]
Derived forms
hand-geweald, ǽht-, nýd-
Similar entries
v. ge-wealdes.
Linked entries
v.  þeóh-geweald ge-wald ge-wild.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-weald.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/16741.

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