▪ I. † ˈonwald, n. Obs.
Forms: 1 onweald, (onwæld), 1–2 anweald, 1–3 onwald, anwald, 3 andweald, anwold, onwold.
[OE. anwald, ǫnweald (cogn. w. OHG. anawalt), f. an, on, on + -wald, -weald power.]
Power, rule, authority.
| c 893 K. ælfred Oros. ii. i. §1 Nu we witon þæt ealle onwealdas from him sindon. Ibid. §5 Heo..on hiere onwalde æfter þurhwunade. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Luke xxiii. 7 He ᵹecneow þæt he wæs of herodes anwalde [Lindisf. onwæld, Rushw. onwald, Hatt. anwealde]. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 51 Ut of þine onwalde. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 21 He was pined on pilates andwealde. c 1205 Lay. 13182 Whæt heo hæfden on anwolde. Ibid. 25116 Þe balde þe Brutene hæfde an onwalde. c 1275 Moral Ode 264 (Jesus MS.), Heo schulleþ wunyen in helle þe ueondes onwolde. |
▪ II. † onˈwald, v. Obs.
[Collateral form of aweld v.]
trans. To bring under one's power or rule; to subdue.
| c 1205 Lay. 5703 Ne mihten heo Rome-wal nawiht onwalden [c 1275 noþing awelde]. |