wealdend

Old English

Alternative forms

• waldend

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waldandz; equivalent to the present participle of wealdan (“to rule”). Cognate with Gothic *𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (*waldands), Old Saxon waldand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwæ͜ɑl.dend/, [ˈwæ͜ɑɫ.dend]

Noun

wealdend m

1. controller, master
2. ruler, governor, sovereign
3. possessor, lord
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Wōriað þā wīnsalo; · waldend liċġað
     drēame bidrorene; · duguþ eal ġecrong,
     wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,

     The wine-halls ramble; lords lie still,
     deprived of mirth; army completely perished,
     proud by the wall. The war took away some men,

Declension

Strong nd-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	wealdend	wealdend, wealdende, wealdendas
accusative	wealdend	wealdend, wealdende, wealdendas
genitive	wealdendes	wealdendra
dative	wealdende	wealdendum

Derived terms

• heofonwealdend

Descendants

• Middle English: weldende, weldent, welden, weldene, weldinde, wealdend, wealdende, wealdent, wældend, waldend, waldende, walden

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “wealdend”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.