bewield, beweld

t. [Eng. prefix be, and wield.] 1. Literally: To wield. "I could speak of Gerard's staffe or lance, yet to be seene in Gerard's Hall at London, in Basing Lane, which is so great and long that no man can beweld it." -Harrison: Description of Britaine , ch. 5. 2. Fig .: To rule over, to govern. was of lawful age to bewelde his lande when his father dyed."-Fabian: Chron., p. 124.