wealdan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to rule, manage, control, wield
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *waldaną (rule, reign).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*waldaną
Gloss
rule, reign
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- wald English
- wield English
- Valpuri Finnish
- Walfried German
- Walpurga German
- Walter German
- obwalten German
- umwalten German
- vorwalten German
- walten German
- *waldʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- forvolde Norwegian Bokmål
- volde Norwegian Bokmål
- *waldaną Proto-Germanic
- *waldijaną Proto-Germanic
- vålla Swedish
- wieldan Old English
- walden Middle English
- welden Middle English
- valda Old Norse
- Valborg Danish
- valte Danish
- volde Danish
- valda Icelandic
- waltan Old High German
- witu Old High German
- walten Middle High German
- 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- waldan Old Dutch
- alowaldand Old Saxon
- giwaldan Old Saxon
- waldan Old Saxon
- valda Old Swedish
- wield Scots