Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

ge-wyldan

  • verb [ uncertain ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
ge-wyldan, -wildan; he -wyld, -wild, -wylt; p. -wylde; pp. -wyld; v. a.
To exercise power over, to tame, subdue, conquer, temper, seize, take; dominari, domare, subigere, prehendere, capere
Show examples

  • Hí gewildon heora

    dominati sunt eorum,

    • Ps. Spl. 105, 38
      • .

  • He gewild ðé

    ipse dominabitur tibi,

    • Gen. 3, 16
      • .

  • Dauid gewylde ðone wildan beran, and his ceaflas totær

    David subdued the wild bear, and tore apart his jaws,

    • Ælfc. T. Lisle 13, 26
      • :
    • 14, 1
      • .

  • Hine nán man gewyldan ne mihte

    nemo poterat eum domare,

    • Mk. Bos. 5, 4
      • :
    • Homl. Th. ii. 192, 25
      • .

  • Gewylt ealle þeóda

    will subdue all the nations,

    • Deut. 31, 3
      • .

  • Heora flǽsclícan gewilnunga gewyldaþ

    they subdue their fleshly desires,

    • Homl. Th. i. 552, 24
      • .

  • Gewyld mid ðam ele ðe sý of lawer treówe gewrungan

    temper with the oil which is wrung out of laurel,

    • Herb. 72, 2
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 174, 11
      • .

  • Gewildaþ ða eorþan

    subjicite terram,

    • Gen. 1, 28
      • .

  • Gewylde man hine

    prehendat aliquis eum,

    • L. C. S. 25
      • ;
    • Th. i. 390, 20
      • :
    • L. E. G. 4
      • ;
    • Th. i. 168, 22
      • .

  • Seó burh wearþ gewyld

    the city was taken,

    • Ælfc. T. Lisle 42, 20
      • :
    • Jud. 16, 7
      • .

  • Ðonne he hine hæfþ gewyldne

    dum dominabitur pauperi,

    • Ps. Th. 9, 30
      • .

  • He hæfþ nú gewyld to mínum anwealde Scottas and Cumbras and eác swylce Bryttas

    subditis nobis sceptris Scottorum, Cumbrorumque, ac Brittonum,

    • Th. Chart. 240, 3
      • .

  • Alexander hine [Poros] gewildne gedyde

    Porus captus est,

    • Ors. 3, 9
      • ;
    • Bos. 67, 35
      • :
    • Guthl. 12
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 56, 23
      • .

  • Mid ele wel gewylde

    well tempered with oil,

    • Herb. 12, 3
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 104, 6
      • .

  • Ic me gedó allophilas ealle gewylde

    mihi allophyli subditi sunt,

    • Ps. Th. 59, 7
      • .
Linked entries
v.  ge-wildan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wyldan.” 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/16931.

Checked: 1
Full form

Word-wheel

  • ge-wyldan, v.

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.