anweald

== Old English == === Alternative forms === andweald, anwald, onwald, onweald === Etymology === Perhaps originally a calque of Late Latin monarcha (“monarchy, sole power”). In any case equivalent to an- (“one”) +‎ weald (“power”). Compare Swedish envälde, Danish enevælde, Icelandic einveldi and German Anwalt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑːnˌwæ͜ɑld/, [ˈɑːnˌwæ͜ɑɫd] === Noun === ānweald m power Exeter Book, Chrtist A, The Navitivity "Gospel of Saint Luke", chapter 10, verse 19 empire ==== Usage notes ==== A neuter nominative/accusative plural form ānwealdu is also attested. ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== See also ==== wealdende (“powerful”) === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “án-weald”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.