eldertongue

Old English · noun

anweald

Normalised ānweald

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
Modern English
empirepower

Meaning

  1. power

    ...Ne lǣt awyrġde ofer us onwald āgan...

    Let not the accursed have power over us...

    Exeter Book, Chrtist A, The Navitivity

  2. empire

Declension

Declension of anweald
SingularPlural
Nominative ānwealdānwealdas
Accusative ānwealdānwealdas
Genitive ānwealdesānwealda
Dative ānwealdeānwealdum

All forms (6)

Etymology

Perhaps originally a calque of Late Latin monarcha (“monarchy, sole power”). In any case equivalent to an- (“one”) + weald (“power”). Compare Swedish envälde, Danish enevælde, Icelandic einveldi and German Anwalt.

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