"bretwalda" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: bretwaldas [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English bretwalda. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|ang|bretwalda}} Learned borrowing from Old English bretwalda Head templates: {{en-noun}} bretwalda (plural bretwaldas)
  1. (historical) A title given to some of the rulers of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms from the 5th century onwards who had achieved overlordship of some or all of the other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Wikipedia link: bretwalda Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-bretwalda-en-noun-MNWHDIja Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Old English]

IPA: /ˈbretˌwɑl.dɑ/, [ˈbretˌwɑɫ.dɑ]
Etymology: First attested in the 9th century, but applied to kings who ruled from the 5th century onward. From an adjective brytten (“wide”) and walda (“ruler, wielder”). The original meaning of the title is thus "wide-ruler", but it was reinterpreted, likely at an early period predating its 9th-century attestation, as containing the name Britain and understood in the sense of "ruler of Britain". The title rex Britanniae "king of Britain" is used by Æthelbald of Mercia in 736, who at the same time is also recorded as a bretwalda. Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} bretwalda m, {{ang-noun|m}} bretwalda m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-m|bretwald}}, {{ang-decl-noun|bretwalda|bretwaldan|bretwaldan|bretwaldan|bretwaldan|bretwaldena|bretwaldan|bretwaldum|num=|title=|type=weak}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], bretwalda [nominative, singular], bretwaldan [nominative, plural], bretwaldan [accusative, singular], bretwaldan [accusative, plural], bretwaldan [genitive, singular], bretwaldena [genitive, plural], bretwaldan [dative, singular], bretwaldum [dative, plural]
  1. title of certain Anglo-Saxon kings Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Government Synonyms: brȳtenwalda, brȳtenwealda, brētenānwealda
    Sense id: en-bretwalda-ang-noun-vV3AjbJJ Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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