onweald

onweald
1. m (-es/-as), f (-e/-a), n (-es/-) authority, power, rule, sway, command; power, right or title to anything; jurisdiction, territory; power, empire, dominion; 2. adj mighty, powerful

Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.

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