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ildra

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
  • adjective
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Grammar
ildra, m. ildre; f. n. comp.
of eald.
elder, older, grand [in grand-father, cf. eald-fæder, -móder]
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  • Ældra

    senior,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii.120, 48.

  • Seó yldre hátte Lia and seó gingre Rachel

    nomen majoris Lia, minor vero appellabatur Rachel,

    • Gen. 29, 16.

  • Hys yldra sunu wæs on æcere

    erat filius ejus senior in agro,

    • Lk. Skt. 15, 25.

  • Mín yldra mǽg

    my elder brother,

    • Beo. Th. 940
      • ;
    • B. 468
      • .

  • Yldra bróðor

    ,
    • 2653
      • ;
    • B. 1324.

  • Óþ ðæt hé yldra wearþ

    until he got older,

    • 4746
      • ;
    • B. 2378.

  • Ic eom micle yldra

    I am much older,

    • Exon. 111 a
      • ;
    • Th. 424, 20
      • ;
    • Rä. 41, 42
      • .

  • Ældra fæder

    avus,

    • Wrt.Voc. ii, 101, 22.

  • Yldra fæder

    avita,

    • 78, 3
      • .

  • Geornful tó witanne ðætte ǽr wæs ǽr ðú ácenned wére oððe furðum ðín yldra fæder geboren wére

    desirous to know what was before you were begotten, or even before your grandfather was born,

    • Shrn. 198, 29
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 872
      • ;
    • El. 436
      • .

  • For míne sáwle and for mínes fæder and for mínes ieldran fæder

    for my soul, and for my father's, and for my grandfather's,

    • Chart. Th. 496, 21
      • :
    • 497, 15
      • .

  • Þurh heora yldran módor láre hí gelýfdon gode

    through their grandmother's teaching they believed on God,

    • Shrn. 53, 10, 16, 21
      • .

  • Ða gingran árísaþ wið ðám yldrum

    the younger shall arise against the elder,

    • Blickl. Homl. 171, 23.

  • Swelce snytro swylce manegum óðrum ieldran gewittum oftogen is

    such wisdom as is withheld from many older minds,

    • Bt. 8
      • ;
    • Fox 24, 28.
greater, superior [v. yldestII.]
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  • Hwæðer ys yldra ðe se ðe þénaþ ðe se ðe sitt

    quis major est qui recumbit an qui ministrat?

    • Lk. Skt. 22, 27.

  • Gewurþe hé swá swá gingra seðe yldra ys betwux eów

    qui major est in vobis fiat sicut junior,

    • 26.

  • Ða ðe synt yldran habbaþ anweald on him

    qui majores sunt, potestatem exercent in eos,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 20, 25.
Etymology
[
Orm. elldre
:
Laym. ældre, eldere
:
O. Sax. aldiro (as a noun)
:
Icel. ellri
:
O. H. Ger. altero.
]
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v.  eldra eldre ildest.
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Citation

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/20476.

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  • ildra, n.; adj.

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