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† beˈwield, v. Obs.
Also 3 biwelden, 4–5 by-, bewelde, 6 bewylde.
[ME. biwelden, f. bi-, be- 2 + welden, to wield.]
trans. To hold in hand, rule, control, manage, handle, wield. refl. To use one's limbs.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 25 Þe holie þremnesse þe shop and biwalt alle shafte. 1393Gower Conf. III. 377 (MS. Harl. 3490) And may my selven nought bewelde, What for sikenesse and what for elde. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 99/1 Thyse ii..toke of theyr clothes..to thende that they myght better & lyghtlyer bywelde them to stone hym. 1494Fabyan v. cxxviii. 110 To bewelde his lande when his fader dyed. 1530Palsgr. 453/2, I bewylde my selfe, I styrre my selfe. 1577Harrison Descr. Brit. v. (R.) Gerards staffe..which..no man can beweld. |