ˈbretˌwȯldə, ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Old English bretwalda, brytenwealda, probably from Bryten Britain + -walda, -wealda (from wealdan to rule) — more at wield
: the chief king in Anglo-Saxon England — used as a title in the Old English Chronicle for several kings said to have held supremacy over kingdoms beyond their own