wield
English
/wiːld/
verb
Definitions
- (obsolete) To command, rule over; to possess or own.
- (obsolete) To control, to guide or manage.
- To handle with skill and ease, especially a weapon or tool.
- To exercise (authority or influence) effectively.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English welden inherited from Old English wieldan (control) inherited from Proto-Germanic *waldijaną (make manageable, control, ruler).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*waldijaną
Gloss
make manageable, control, ruler
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bewield English
- overwield English
- unwieldable English
- unwieldsome English
- unwieldy English
- wieldable English
- wieldance English
- wielder English
- wieldiness English
- wieldless English
- wieldsome English
- wieldy English
- Walter German
- *wal- Proto-Indo-European
- *waldaną Proto-Germanic
- *waldijaną Proto-Germanic
- wealdan Old English
- wieldan Old English
- bewelden Middle English
- welden Middle English
- weldi, wẹ̄ldī Middle English
- wield Scots