ppl. a. Forms: 1 al-waldend, 2 al-weldinde, 3 al-wealdent, al-waldand, 4–5 alweldande, 5 alweldynge. [ALL- E 7 + wielding pr. pple. of WIELD. Cf. OE. adj. eal-weald, and sb. eal-wealda.] All-ruling, almighty.
a. 1000. Botschaft (Grein). Alwaldend God.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 215. Al weldinde Godd.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 3117. Herkens o godd þat all weldand.
a. 1300. Credo, in Reliq. Ant., I. 22. Sitis on his fadir richt hand, fadir al-waldand.
1352. Pol. Poems (1859), I. 75. Alweldand God, of mightes maste.
a. 1400. Chev. Assigne, 1. All-weldynge god.
