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ge-wealden

  • verb
  • participle
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Grammar
ge-wealden, part.
Subject, under the power or control of any one, inconsiderable, small
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  • God gedéþ him gewealdene worolde dǽlas síde ríce

    God puts under his power parts of the world, spacious realms,

    • Beo. Th. 3468
      • ;
    • B. 1732
      • .

  • Hond biþ gelǽred wís and gewealden

    the hand is instructed, wise and under control,

    • Exon. 79 a
      • ;
    • Th. 296, 4
      • ;
    • Cra. 46
      • ;
    • 91 a
      • ;
    • Th. 341, 7
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 122
      • .

  • Meahtig dryhten scyreþ sumum gúþe blǽd gewealdenne wígplegan

    the mighty Lord assigns to one glory in war, battle under his control, i.e. successful,

    • 88 a
      • ;
    • Th. 331, 16
      • ;
    • Vy. 69
      • .

  • Drincan gewealden wínes for eówres magan mettrymnesse

    modico vino utere propter stomachum

    ,
    • Past. 43, 9
      • ;
    • Swt. 319, 6
      • ;
    • Hat. MS
      • .

  • Ðá næfdon hí nán wín búton on ánum gewealdenum butruce

    in uno parvissimo vasculo,

    • Lchdm. iii. 362, col. 1
      • .

  • Búton swíðe gewaldenum dǽle eásteweardes ðæs folces

    except a small part of the people of the east of England,

    • Chr. 894
      • ;
    • Erl. 91, 11
      • :
    • Ors. 4, 9
      • ;
    • Bos. 92, 1
      • .

  • He myd us [wyrcþ] swá swá myd sumum gewealnum tólum

    he works with us as with some insignificant tools [or tools under his control, over which he has complete command? ],

    • Shrn. 179, 28. v. Lchdm. iii. 361, col. 1.
Etymology
[Cf. ge-wealden-mód.]
Linked entries
v.  ge-walden ge-wealden-mód.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wealden.” 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/16744.

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