α. early Old English waldnis, Old English wealnyss (probably transmission error).
β. Middle English weildnes, Middle English weldenes, Middle English weldnes, Middle English wildenes, Middle English wildnes.
单词 | wieldness |
释义 | † wieldnessn.α. early Old English waldnis, Old English wealnyss (probably transmission error). β. Middle English weildnes, Middle English weldenes, Middle English weldnes, Middle English wildenes, Middle English wildnes. Obsolete. Dominion, rule; (in later use) command, control. Also: possession. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > [noun] > possession and control wieldnesseOE wieldOE wieldingOE command1642 society > authority > control > [noun] > control and possession wieldnesseOE fathomOE waldOE wieldOE wieldingOE woldc1275 grip1508 gripe1532 graspa1616 eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) cxliv. 13 Regnum tuum domine regnum omnium saeculorum, et dominatio tua in omni generatione et progenie : rice ðin dryhten rice alra weorulda & waldnis [OE Cambridge Psalter wealnyss] ðin in alre cneorisse & cynne. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 23641 Þai [sc. the good]..sal haf weldnes of all wale, þai [sc. the wicked] sal vnweldid be wit bale. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13781 Sua herd him was his limes þan þat he o þaim had weldnes nan. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 4501 (MED) Wildnes [Fairf. wildenes] of welth of þis botoler For-gatt ioseph his drem-reder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.eOE |
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