wealdan

Meaning

1. to control (+ genitive, dative, or instrumental)

   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.

   c. 973, Æthelwold's translation of the Rule of Saint Benedict

2. to wield (e.g. a sword) (+ genitive, dative, or instrumental)

3. to rule (+ genitive, dative, or accusative)

   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.

   c. 700 AD, Bēowulf, ll. 2389-90:

Conjugation