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to control the movement of a material object,
wield a weapon
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  • Heora nán ne mehte nánes wǽpnes gewealdan,

      Ors. 4, 10; S. 194, 19.
to control movement, action,
manage to do some movement or action.
with gen.
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  • Ne mæg úre sáwul gefleón ... ðe má ðe ǽnig fugel his flyhtes gewylt, gif his óðer fiðere forod bið,

      Hml. Th. ii. 318, 28.

  • Meaht þú meðelcwidum worda gewealdan?,

      Gú. 989.
with dat. (inst.)
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  • Swá hé late meahte oreðe gewealdan, 1199.
to control, have power over a person
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  • Betra bið sé þe his ágen mód ofercymð and gewilt (

    melior est qui dominatur animo suo

    ) ... sió gesceádwísnes hæfð ofercumen ðæt mód and gewielð,
      Past. 218, 15-21.

  • Wið feóndseócum men, þonne deófol þone monnan innan gewealde mid ádle when a devil possesses a man, Lch. ii. 136, 25, III a. where the subject is a passion :-- Gif hé yrre ne lǽteð ǽfre gewealdan

    if he never lets anger have the mastery,

      Fä. 83.
of official authority
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  • Ðás gewældes ðǽm

    hi dominantur eis,

      Mk. L. R. 10, 42.

  • Hé ríces geweóld,

      Hml. S. 26, 46.
Etymology
[Goth. ga-waldan: O. Sax. gi-waldan.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wealdan.” 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/50394.

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