a. Sc. Obs. Forms: 5–6 waldin, (5 waldyne, waddin). [Pa. pple. of wald, WIELD v., used in the sense ‘(easily) controlled.’ (In OE. the ppl. adj. ʓewealden had the senses ‘subject, under control,’ ‘moderate in amount or size’).] Easy to manage. Chiefly of the body or limbs: Pliant, supple; freg. in phr. waldin and wicht. Also fig., yielding or tractable in bearing or disposition.
c. 1425. Wyntoun, Cron., III. 23. The quhilk sa waldin wes in fecht That baith þe left hand and the rycht He evinlike vsit.
1456. Sir G. Haye, Gov. Princes (S.T.S.), 121. And thus sall all thy body be mare waldin, and esy to dispone the till all thyne operaciounis.
c. 1480. Henryson, Age & Youth, 19. This ȝowng [man] lap apone þe land ful lycht,… ‘waldyne [v.rr. waldin, waddin] I am,’ quod he ‘& wondir wycht.’
1535. Stewart, Cron. Scot., I. 55. For twentie ȝeir and foure he wes of age; Waldin and wicht. Ibid., 499. Waldin thai war, and wicht as ony hors. Ibid., II. 195. Als ferce & waldin than as ane eill. Ibid., III. 163. He maid thame all als waldin as ane wand, For to obey and byde at his command.
1536. Bellenden, Cron. Scot., Descr. Alb., xvi. (1821), I. p. lvi. Thair hois war maid of smal lynt or woll, and yeid nevir above thair kne, to make thaim the mair waldin and sowpyll.
