wield
英検準1級振るう。権力・武器を
意味
- 《古・文》〈武器・道具など〉を使いこなす,用いる
- 〈権力・武力など〉を振るう,行使する
例文
It is dangerous to wield an edged tool in such a way.
そのように刃物を振り回すことは危険だ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English welden, from the merger of Old English wealdan (“to control, rule”) (strong class 7) and Old English wieldan (“to control, subdue”) (weak). Both verbs derive from Proto-West Germanic *waldan and *waldijan, respectively; and are ultimately from Proto-Germanic *waldaną (“to rule”). The reason for the merger was that in Middle English the -d in the stem made it hard to distinguish between strong and weak forms in the past tense.