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ge-wild, ge-weold.
Substitute: ge-wild power, control, in the phrase ánum tó gewildum gedón to get into one's power, subdue, subjugate
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  • Æfter þǽm þe Alexander hæfde ealle Indie him tó gewildon gedón

    perdomita Alexander India,

      Ors. 3, 9; S. 132, 9.

  • Siþþan hé þá burg hæfde him tó gewildum gedón,

      S. 134, 32.

  • Hé him Siuos and Iersomas tó gewildum gedyde

    Gessonas Sibosque oppressit,

      S. 134, 4.

  • Þæt hié mehton ǽgðer ge þone cyning ge þá cuéne him tó gewildum gedón,

      3, 11; S. 148, 9.

  • Cómon hí tó heora ágenum scipum, and þá óþre hindan offóran, and hié ealle him tó gewildum gedydan búton v.

    classem hostiliter invaserunt, quinque tantum navibus per fugam elapsis,

      4, 1; S. 154, 6.
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v. ge-weald.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wild.” 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/50475.

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