1. one in charge, with political authority; leader, lord, lady, mayor, governor, king, queen, duke, duchess, baron, baroness, head of a guild, head of a (usually regional) council composed of more than one clan leader367
ē ñi sapāla luhañen aþ temme jakekōrja ke mēla matūttōnte sū mīþi hāl ien ē se jawēra sarāpa mo jamāonre þō ī ōrra ñi makerāon manōña il jahōλen ī hēja ñatta sāen makerāon āl cī ī hēja ñi sāen rā jamāonre mē cī aþ ilwae ñi sāen manōña rēha;Still he was weeping, and one with authority, in front of the rest, explained to him that this city was named sarāpa and that the king had been dead a long time and now they would make him the king and that he should come into the city and then never would he die.
wā texe jawōla mo mawae ien la sāen makerāon jē sarāpa;Not a one of them has doubt that he is the king of sarāpa.