• enPR: wēld, IPA: /wiːld/

wield (wields, present participle wielding; past and past participle wielded)

1. (obsolete) To command, rule over; to possess or own.
   • a. 1472, Thomas Malory, “Capitulum 7”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book V, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, OCLC 71490786 ↗; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: Published by David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034 ↗:

     There was never kyng sauff myselff that welded evir such knyghtes.

2. (obsolete) To control, to guide or manage.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.10:

     With such his chearefull speaches he doth wield / Her mind so well, that to his will she bends […].

3. To handle with skill and ease, especially a weapon or tool.
4. To exercise (authority or influence) effectively.

• French: manier
• German: beherrschen
• Italian: maneggiare
• Portuguese: manusear
• Russian: владе́ть
• Spanish: manejar, manipular

• French: exercer
• German: Einfluss ausüben
• Portuguese: exercer
• Russian: вла́ствовать
• Spanish: ejercer

• French: brandir
• Portuguese: empunhar, brandir, manusear
• Spanish: blandir, empuñar