Dominion, rule; (in later use) command, control. Also: possession.

Command, control; governance. Chiefly in at, in, on (one's) wield. Cf. phrases a and i-wald, n.

Governance, rule; power; (also) command. Cf. wield, v. 1. Obsolete.

Power of control, disposal, or direction; mastery; possession with full power to use. command of language, command of words, etc.: facility of…