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in a general sense,
power, control over a person or thing
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  • Ðæt úre geswinc ne sceolde bión on óðres monnes onwalde (an-,

    v. l.

    ),
      Past. 250, 2.
of official rule.
secular
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  • Hé wæs Rómánum swá milde swá him nán onwald næs ǽr þǽm,

      Ors. 6, 2; S. 254, 22.

  • Hit hæfde Agustus him tó onwalde geseald,

      6, 1; S. 254, 12.

  • Hé betǽhte his twǽm sunum þone onwald,

      6, 36; S. 294, 31.

  • Rufinus wolde habban him self þone anwold,

      6, 37; S. 296, 6.

  • Wé witon þæt ealle onwealdas from Gode sindon; wé witon eác þæt ealle rícu sint from him, for þon ealle onwealdas of ríce sindon

    si potestates a Deo sunt, quanto magis regna, a quibus reliquae potestates progrediuntur,

      2, 1; S. 58, 23-25.

  • Þá gewearð hí ꝥ hié woldon þá onwaldas forlǽtan and þá purpuran álecgan . . . Hí léton þá onwealdas tó Galeriuse and tó Constantiuse . . . Hé wæs hwón giernende micelra onwalda,

      6, 30; S. 280, 20-29.

  • Þá hié gesomnod wǽron, and hiene tó cyninge dón woldon, þá ne mehton hié þá gúðfonan úp áhebban. Swá hiora þeáw wæs, þonne hié onwaldas setton (when they appointed governments), 6, 4; S. 260, 2. (1 a) with gen. of persons over whom power is exercised :-- Ilirice gesetton Ueteromonem tó hiora anwealde

    in Illyrico Vetranionem imperatorem sibi milites creaverunt,

      Ors. 6, 31; S. 284, 20.

  • Féng Iuninianus tó Rómána onwalde,

      6, 32; S. 286, 24.
ecclesiastical
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  • Sum bisceop wearð for þám gedwylde ádrǽfed of his anwealde,

      Hml. S. 31, 839.
divine
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  • Wuldor and onwæld

    gloriam et imperium,

      Rtl. 22, 6. [v. N. E. D. on-wald.
    ]
Etymology
[On-weald should be taken under an-weald.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “on-weald.” 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/56707.

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