geweald
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Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gawald; equivalent to ġe- + weald, derived from wealdan (“to control”). Cognate with Old High German giwalt (whence modern German Gewalt).
Pronunciation
Noun
ġeweald 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
Declension of ġeweald (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
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