wield
Scots
/wiːld/
verbs
Definitions
- To control, to guide or manage.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wieldan (control) 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
- obwalten German
- umwalten German
- vorwalten German
- walten German
- *waldʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *waldaną Proto-Germanic
- *waldijaną Proto-Germanic
- vålla Swedish
- wealdan Old English
- wieldan Old English
- welden Middle English
- valda Old Norse
- valte Danish
- waltan Old High German
- walten Middle High German
- 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- waldan Old Dutch
- waldan Old Saxon
- valda Old Swedish