wealdanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈwæ͜ɑl.dɑn/, [ˈwæ͜ɑɫ.dɑn]

動詞

wealdan

1. to control (+ genitive, dative, or instrumental)
   • c. 973, Æthelwold's translation of the Rule of Saint Benedict

     Abbod þe þæs wierðe sīe þæt hē mynstres wealde, hē sċeal ā ġemunan hwæt hē ġecweden is and þæs ealdorsċipes naman mid dǣdum ġefyllan.

     An abbot who is qualified to run a monastery should always remember what he is called and live up to the name of superior by his actions.

2. to wield (e.g. a sword) (+ genitive, dative, or instrumental)
3. to rule (+ genitive, dative, or accusative)
   • c. 700 AD, Bēowulf, ll. 2389-90:

     lēt þone bregustōl Bēowulf healdan, / Ġēatum wealdan· þæt wæs gōd cyning.

     the throne he let Beowulf hold, / to rule the Geats; that was a good king.

Conjugation

派生語

• wealdende (“powerful”)

派生した語

• Middle English: welden
  • English: wield (“to handle”), wald (“to govern”)
  • Scots: wield, wald