wield

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Homophones 1.4 Verb 2 Scots 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English wieldan (“‘to control’”), a derivative of wealdan "to govern", from Germanic *walt-. Cognate with German walten, Swedish vålla.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: wēld, IPA: /wiːld/, SAMPA: /wi:ld/

[edit] Homophones

• wheeled (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

[edit] Verb

to wield (third-person singular simple present wields, present participle wielding, simple past and past participle wielded)

1. (obsolete) To command; to possess or own.
2. (obsolete, except in Scots) To control, to guide or manage.
3. To handle with skill and ease, especially of a weapon or tool.
4. To exercise (authority or influence) effectively.

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Etymology

From Old English wieldan (“‘to control’”), a derivative of wealdan "to govern", from Germanic *walt-. Cognate with German walten, Swedish vålla.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /wi:ld/

[edit] Verb

wield

1. To control, to guide or manage.