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descendant the Mod.E. mete in the term "to mete out".
Whallon Whallon From
wealdan ("rule", "control"; cf.
modern English wield). Swanton, p. 146 Emphasizes...
- wraþes wærlogan.
Ongon þa worn sprecan: "Fela ic
monna gefrægn mægþum
wealdan!
Sceal þeodna
gehwylc þeawum lifgan, eorl æfter oþrum eðle rædan, se þe...
- · syððan
Heardred læg; let þone brego-stol ·
Biowulf healdan,
Geatum wealdan: · þæt wæs god cyning. ...Wandering
exiles sought him o'er seas, the sons...
- sæt, ac hit him ne geþafode
Godwine eorl, ne ec oþre men þe
mycel mihton wealdan, forðan hit hleoðrode þa swiðe
toward Haraldes, þeh hit
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