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aldor

  • noun [ neuter ]
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aldor, es; n. [aldor = ealdor life] .
life, the vital parts of the body; vita
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  • Ðonne ðú of líce aldor asendest

    when thou sendest life from thy body,

    • Cd. 134; Th. 168, 29
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    • Gen. 2790: 126
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    • Th. 160, 27
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    • Gen. 2656
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    • Elen. Grm. 132
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    • Andr. Kmbl. 2702
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    • An. 1353
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    • Beo. Th. 1364
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    • B. 680
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  • Wit on gársecg út aldrum néþdon

    we two ventured out on the sea with [peril to] our lives.

    • Beo. Th. 1080
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    • B. 538: 1024
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    • B. 510
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  • Ðæt se wǽre his aldre scyldig

    that he with his life should pay [be liable ],

    • Cd. 196; Th. 244, 19
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    • Dan. 450
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  • Ðæt him on aldre stód here-strǽl hearda

    so that the hard war-shaft stood in his vital parts,

    • Beo. Th. 2873
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    • B. 1434
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age, in the expressions — On aldre ever, to aldre always. On aldre,
  • Elen. Grm. 570
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  • Beo. Th. 3563
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  • B. 1779
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  • Cd. 21; Th. 26, 6
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  • Gen. 402
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To aldre,
  • Beo. Th. 4014
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  • B. 2005: 4990
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  • B. 2498
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  • Cd. 22 ; Th. 27, 33
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  • Gen. 427: 22
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  • Th. 28, 15
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  • Gen. 436
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  • Elen. Grm. 350: 1218
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Derived forms
aldor-bana, -bealu, -cearu, -dæg, -gedál, -leás, -leg, -ner
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v. ealdor.
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