On-wealda

Old English Dictionary Entry

On-wealda

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: Grff. i. 813. Cf. on-weald.] v. an-wealda. on-wealda

Definitions

1 on-wealda

m. One who has power, a ruler :-- Ic gelýfe in écne onwealdan ealra gesceafta, Exon. Th. 140, 14; Gú. 610. [O. H. Ger. ana-walto: Ger. an-walt. In O. H. Ger. ana-walton (gen. dat. pl.) also translates potestatum, potestatibus,

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚾ-ᚹᛠᛚᛞᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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