> wield /wiːld/, v.
Forms: see below.
Etymology: Two OE. verbs are here represented: (1) a Com. Teut. reduplicating strong verb, OE. (WS.) wealdan, (Anglian) waldan, pa. t. wéold, pa. pple. ʒe-wealden (see waldin) = OFris. walda, OS. gi-waldan, pa. t. giwêld, OHG. waltan, pa. t. wialt (MHG. walten, pa. t. wielt, G. walten wk.), ONor. valda, pres. væld, pa. t. (wk.) olla, pa. pple. neut. valdet (Sw. vaålla, Da. volde to cause, occasion), Goth. waldan; (2) a weak verb, OE. (WS.) *ʒe-wieldan, wildan, wyldan, (Anglian) wældan, containing a mutated form of the same stem wald̶- (see also wield …