*alawaldaz ~ alawaldô

From *ala- + the verbal stem *wald- of *waldaną, with two synonymous masculine formations: strong a-stem *alawaldaz and weak an-stem *alawaldô, literally ‘one who rules all’ (Carr 1939: 57; Lehmann 1986b: 29; Orel 2003: 13). Old Norse continued the weak stem variant, while West Germanic continued the a-stem variant. According to Carr, there is some doubt as to whether it was a Proto-Germanic word or independently created in the daughter languages. Its use preceded Christianity in Old Norse, with the strong a-stem being a possible original PGmc form. Its religious use in both Old Norse and West Germanic was likely a calque of Latin omnipotens (Carr 1939: 57). Closely related is the Gothic term 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (allwaldands), based on a substantivized participle of a Gothic reflex of PGmc *waldaną. Lehmann assumes the word is a calque of Ancient Greek πᾰντοκρᾰ́τωρ (păntokrắtōr) (Lehmann 1986b: 29).