Old English Dictionary Entry

án-wald

Part of speech: es; Related words: án-weald. an-wald

Definitions

1 definitions

1 án-wald

m. Sole power, jurisdiction, rule:--Ðæt se Cásere eft ánwald ofer hí ágan móste that the Cæsar might again obtain power over them, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 123; Met. 1, 62. Se ánwald Godes Ælmihtiges the power of Almighty God, 9, 95; Met. 9, 48: Exon. 63 a; Th. 232, 23; Ph. 511: Lk. Bos. 23, 7: Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 15: Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 38, 11.

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Runic Inscription

ᚪᚾ-ᚹᚪᛚᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Lk.: Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Ors.: Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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