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▪ I. wielding, vbl. n.|ˈwiːldɪŋ|
[f. wield v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb wield, in various senses.
†1. Government, power, command; possession, keeping: see wield v. B. 1, 2. Obs.
c1205Lay. 19011 Þa hædden heo..Vðer þene king wið inne heore walding [c 1275 weldyng]. c1325Metr. Hom. 1 Al es loken in thi welding. Thou ert Lauerd..That al op⁓haldes. c1386Chaucer Melib. ⁋644 Ye haue hem in youre myght and in youre weeldynge. c1440York Myst. i. 39 And haue al welth in ȝoure weledyng. c1460Play Sacram. 35 In þe dukedom of Oryon moche have I in weldyng. c1485Digby Myst. iii. 59 Thys castell..is at my wylddyng.
2. Control, (power of) using, management, etc.: see wield v. B. 4, 5.
a1425Cursor M. 13781 (Trin.) His lymmes had he so forgone Þat of hem weldyng had he none. 1551Robinson tr. More's Utopia ii. iv. (1895) 140 Their garmentes..[are] no let to the mouynge and weldynge of the bodie. 1581A. Hall Iliad vii. 125 Areithous that bare the great and massie club, And..got such praise by force and weelding good. 1820Lamb Elia Ser. i. South-sea House, He was..equal to the wielding of any of the most intricate accounts. 1836Keble in Lyra Apost. (1849) 223 Behold your armoury!—sword and lightning shaft,..And in your wielding left! 1880Tennyson Battle of Brunanburh xi, The wielding of weapons.
▪ II. ˈwielding, ppl. a. (n.)
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That wields; † ruling, governing; as n. a ruler, governor (see waldend); in quot. 1622, ? faring, ‘doing’ (well). (See also all-wielding.)
a900Cynewulf Crist 1011 Mihtiᵹ god,..waldende god. c1000ælfric Hom. I. 328 Se Wealdenda Drihten. a1300Cursor M. 5206 Of egypti..Es he liuand and maister weldand. c1485Digby Myst. iii. 1832, I be-leve In þe father, þat is of all wyldyng. 1622Wither Faire-Virtue B 2, A faire weilding-tree. |