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ildra

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
ildra, an [but the singular rarely occurs] ; m.
A parent, ancestor, father, forefather, predecessor, elder
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  • Ðá mé yldra mín ágeaf andsware fæder reordode

    then my father answered me and spake

      [cf.
    • 872
      • ;
    • El. 436
      • :
    • 891
      • ;
    • El. 447
      • :
    • 906
      • ;
    • El. 454
      • ],
    • Elen. Kmbl. 921
      • ;
    • El. 462
      • .

  • Hí forgeten hæfdon ðara wundra heora yldran on lócadan

    obliti sunt mirabilium quæ ostendit coram patribus eorum,

    • Ps. Th. 77, 13
      • .

  • Úre ieldran ða ðe ðás stówa ǽr hióldon hié lufodon wísdóm

    our forefathers who formerly held these places, loved wisdom,

    • Past. Pref.
      • ;
    • Swt. 5, 14
      • :
    • Exon.47 a
      • ;
    • Th. 160, 20
      • ;
    • Gú. 946.

  • Úre yldran swultan and swíðe oft ús from wendan

    our parents have died and very often gone from us,

    • Blickl. Homl. 195, 26
      • .

  • Wǽron his yldran fæder and módor hǽðne

    his parents, father and mother, were heathens,

    • 211, 19
      • :
    • 213, 2
      • .

  • Úre yldrena lage

    traditionem seniorum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 15, 2
      • .

  • Twegen gebróðru ðe hæfdon behwyrfed eall heora yldrena gestreón on deórwyrþum gymstánum

    two brothers who had converted all their parents' wealth into precious stones;

    • Homl. Th. i. 60, 23
      • .

  • Bebirge mé mid mínum yldrum

    condas me in sepulchro majorum meorum,

    • Gen. 47. 30.

  • Eafora æfter yldrum

    the son after the parents,

    • Cd. 56
      • ;
    • Th. 69, 1
      • ;
    • Gen. 1129.

  • Suna ic lǽrde ðæt hié hýrdon heora yldrum

    I taught sons to obey their parents,

    • Blickl. Homl. 185, 20.

  • Nolde hé him geceósan welige yldran

    he [Christ]. would not choose wealthy parents for himself,

    • 23, 25
      • .
Etymology
[
Laym. aldren, ældere, eldre forefathers
:
R.Glouc. eldren
:
Piers P. Chauc. eldres
:
O. Sax. aldiro a forefather; pl. parents; eldiron, pl. parents
:
O. Frs. alder, elder, aldera, ieldera father, parent
:
O. H. Ger. altiron, eldiron parentes
:
Ger. ältern, eltern parents.
]
Similar entries
v. eldran.
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v.  ældran ildra.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ildra.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/20477.

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