† bewieldv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To hold in hand, rule, control, manage, handle, wield. reflexive. To use one's limbs.
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the world > movement > bodily movement > move body or members [verb (reflexive)] > use one's limbs
wieldOE
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or control > [verb (transitive)]
wind993
wieldOE
aweldc1175
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demeanc1300
use1340
plya1393
governc1405
exercite1475
apply1531
manage1590
sway1609
manipulate1834
wage1836
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 25 Þe holie þremnesse þe shop and biwalt alle shafte.
c1450 (a1393) J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Harl. 3490) iii. 377 And may my selven nought bewelde, What for sikenesse and what for elde.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 99/1 Thyse ii..toke of theyr clothes..to thende that they myght better & lyghtlyer bywelde them to stone hym.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxxviii. f. lxiiiiv To bewelde his Lande when his Fader dyed.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 453/2 I bewylde my selfe, I styrre my selfe.
1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) i. v. 12/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Gerards staffe..which is so great and long that no man can beweld it.
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