welden
Middle English
verb
Definitions
- to reign, rule, command
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wealdan (govern, rule, exercise, bring about, determine, possess, command, wield, control, cause, direct) 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
- bewield English
- overwield English
- wield English
- wieldable English
- wieldance English
- wielder English
- wieldless English
- wieldsome English
- wieldy English
- walten German
- *waldʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *waldaną Proto-Germanic
- *waldijaną Proto-Germanic
- wealdan Old English
- wieldan Old English
- walden Middle English
- valda Old Norse
- waltan Old High German
- 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- waldan Old Dutch
- waldan Old Saxon
- wield Scots