Ge-wild, -weold

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-wild, -weold

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-wild, -weold
Substitute: ge-wild power, control, in the phrase ánum tó gewildum gedón to get into one's power, subdue, subjugate:--Æfter þǽm þe Alexander hæfde ealle Indie him tó gewildon gedón perdomita Alexander India, Ors. 3, 9; S. 132, 9. Siþþan hé þá burg hæfde him tó gewildum gedón, S. 134, 32. Hé him Siuos and Iersomas tó gewildum gedyde Gessonas Sibosque oppressit, S. 134, 4. Þæt hié mehton ǽgðer ge þone cyning ge þá cuéne him tó gewildum gedón, 3, 11; S. 148, 9. Cómon hí tó heora ágenum scipum, and þá óþre hindan offóran, and hié ealle him tó gewildum gedydan búton classem hostiliter invaserunt, quinque tantum navibus per fugam elapsis, 4, 1; S. 154, 6. v. ge-weald. ge-wild
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