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án-wealda

  • noun [ masculine ]
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án-wealda, án-walda, an; m. [án one, sole; wealda, walda a ruler]
The one or sole ruler of a province or of the universe, a sovereign, governor, magistrate, a power; qui solus dominatur, monarcha, dominus, gubernator, magistratus, potestas
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  • Se Ánwealda hæfþ ealle his gesceafta befangene and getogene

    the governor has caught hold of, and restrained all his creatures,

    • Bt. 21; Fox 74, 5
    • .
  • Ánwealda Ælmihtig

    Almighty Ruler,

    • Rood Kmbl. 303
    • ;
    • Kr. 153
    • .
  • Ðonne híg lǽdaþ eów to ánwealdum

    cum inducent vos ad potestates,

    • Lk. Bos. 12, 11
    • .
Etymology
[
O. Nrs. einwaldi, m. solus dominus
.]
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v.  án-walda.
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