Middle English Dictionary Entry
anwāld n.
Entry Info
| Forms | anwāld n. Also onwald, anwold, onwold, (early) an(d)weald. |
| Etymology | A anwald, WS onweald, corresp. to OHG anawalt. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Power; power to rule, authority; the rule (of a lord, etc.); habben on anwalde, have in (one's) power, be able; setten on ~, put (sb.) in power or authority.
Associated quotations
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.Quadr.(Bod 343)44/10 : Þare monnæ mod..þe from deofles anwealde to alysen beoð.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)22/32 : Heo ahton ða anweald & cynedom ofer alne middaneard.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)26/15 : Ic sylf am nu an mon on anwealde iset.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)30/12 : Ðam is anweald & wuldor & wurðment on ecnysse a to worulde.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)6/22 : Ȝif ic hit on mine anwealde næbbe.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)8/3 : He hæfde andweald ofer allæ þa dingæ þe he æhtæ.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)111 : Summe lauerdes on heore onwalde god gremiað.
- a1225(OE) Vsp.A.Hom.Init.Creat.(Vsp A.22)219 : Þat he wolde..bien his sceoppende ȝelic..and habbe anwealda and riche anȝen godelmichti.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)30122 : He for-bad þan kingen kine-helm to nimene..Þat bod wes ihalden a þas ærchebiscopes onwalden.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.Creed (Trin-C B.14.52)21 : He was pined on pilates andwealde.
2.
(a) Realm of power, realm; ?reach; (b) habben on anwolde, have (sth.) in mind, plan to do.
Associated quotations
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)51 : Þenne buriest þu þine sunnen and bringest heom ut of þine onwalde.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8456 : Ich scolde fleon of his on-walde.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13950 : Ich wulle eou athælde an mine anwalde [Otho: anwolde].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)29180 : Moste he neouwar wunie on al his onwalde.
- a1300 PMor.(Jes-O 29)264 : Heo schulleþ wunyen in helle, þe ueondes onwolde.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13182 : Þet heo nane manne ne tælden whæt heo hæfden on anwolde.