án-wealda

Old English Dictionary Entry

án-wealda

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: án-walda, an; Related words:

Definitions

1 án-wealda

m. [án one, sole; wealda, walda a ruler] The one or sole ruler of a province or of the universe, a sovereign, governor, magistrate, a power; qui solus dominatur, monarcha, dominus, gubernator, magistratus, potestas:--Se Ánwealda hæfþ ealle his gesceafta befangene and getogene the governor has caught hold of, and restrained all his creatures, Bt. 21; Fox 74. 5. Ánwealda Ælmihtig Almighty Ruler, Rood Kmbl. 303; Kr. 153. Ðonne híg lǽdaþ eów to ánwealdum cum inducent vos ad potestates, Lk. Bos. 12, 11. [O. Nrs. einwaldi, m. solus dominus.] an-wealda

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ᚪᚾ-ᚹᛠᛚᛞᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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