Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-wald

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

Definitions

1 definitions

1 ge-wald

m. n. Power, mastery, sway :-- Ða Denescan áhton wæl-stówe gewald the Danes had the mastery of the battle-place, Chr. 833; Th. 116, 7, col. 1: Cd. 214; Th. 268, 15; Sat. 55.

Similar Words

-gal
-gale (-a)
-galness
-gangendlic
-gealla

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚹᚪᛚᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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