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† aˈwald, -old, -eald, v. Obs.
[f. a- prefix + OE. wealdan, waldan (see wald v.); prob. a later parallel formation to the old anw(e)ald, onw(e)ald n. ‘power, dominion’; or for OE. ᵹewealdan. Cf. the weak aweld, some of the forms of which in EE. are scarcely distinguishable from those of this verb.]
To have control of; to wield. (Orig. governing genitive.)
1205Lay. 23734 Ure drihten þe alle domes awalt [1250 weldeþ]. c1220Leg. St. Kath. 652 Aweald þurh þi wisdom hare worldliche wit. c1305St. Edm. 335 in E.E.P. 80 As stif as enie bord hire honden bicome..heo ne miȝte hem awolde noȝt. |