welding and weldinge - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

wẹ̄lding(e ger.

Forms	wẹ̄lding(e ger. Also (N) weleding, weldand.
Etymology	From wẹ̄lden v.; cp. OE wilding, wylding.

(a) Dominion; also, a domain; in ~, under control; (b) command; (c) the power of bodily control; also, an ability to control a limb.

a1400 Comp.Our Lady (Pep 2498)80/14 : Swete fader…al is in þi weldynge.
a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)2386 : Abraham, þis es þe land þer þu and þine sal haue weldand.
?a1475 Veynes þer be (Army 42)p.390 : Of þe evill by forne þare þou not drede, So that lorde be helpinge, þat al thing hath in weldinge [Wel: governyng].
c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.B.1349 : Elie…hadde grete power in his weldyng.

?a1525(?a1475) Play Sacr.(Dub 652)121 : As a lordys pere thus lyve I…And men at my weldyng and all ys me lent.

a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)13781 : His lymmes had he so forgone Þat of hem weldyng had he none.
c1450(a1400) Lavynham Treat.7 Dead.Sins (Hrl 211)21/7 : He lesyth his syȝte & alle his wit & þe weeldynge [vr. weldyngis] of hys lemys.

(a) Possession; also, custody; also, a possession; (b) that which is possessed by or under the influence of something else.

c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)9486 : Þa hædden heo…Merlin…& heo[lden] Vðer þene king wið-inne heore walding.
(c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)3.2800 : Men seye nat that youre richesses been yburyed but that ye haue hem in youre myght and in youre weldynge [vrr. weldynges, weldeinge].
a1425(a1396) Maidstone PPs. (Wht)256 : Let neuer the feende…sett on me his firy ch[e]ynes, For weldyng of this worldes welthe.
a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)2/39 : In þis blis sall be ȝhour beeldyng And haue al welth in ȝoure weledyng.
a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)134.4 : For lord chese iacob til him; israel til him in weldynge.
?a1525(?a1475) Play Sacr.(Dub 652)115 : In þe dukedom of Oryon moche have I in weldyng.