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ealdor-mann

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§617;
Add: I. in a general sense.
used of a person of high position,
a prince, ruler, leader, magistrate
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  • Ealdorman princeps vel

    comes,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 12.

  • Eoldorman

    princeps,

      72, 59.

  • Se ealdormonn (

    rector

    ) sceal lǽtan hine selfne gelícne his hiéremonnum.
      Past. 107, 8.

  • Sié ðú aldormon tó gehaeld

    sis praesul ad custodiam,

      Rtl. 180, 12.

  • In aldormonnum (aldur-, R) ... aldormon ł látua ðe rícses

    in principibus ... dux, qui reget,

      Mt. L. 2, 6.

  • Ðú haldormon

    praeceptor,

      Lk. L. 5, 5.

  • Achilles se ealdorman,

      Lch. i. 308, 8.

  • Geonduearde Nicodimus se aldormonn (cf. Nicodemus aldormonn (princeps) Judéana, 1)

    respondit Nicodemus,

      Jn. L. 3, 9.

  • Tó ealdormenn ðú eart gesett

    ducem te constituerunt,

      Past. 119, 22.

  • Mið ðý ðú gást mið wiðerworde ðínum tó aldormen (

    principem

    ),
      Lk. L. 12, 58.

  • Se cyning sende him tógeánes ánne ealdormann (

    principem

    ),
      Jud. 4, 7.

  • Eorðcyningcas and ealdormenn (

    principes

    ),
      Ps. Th. 2, 2: 23, 7.

  • Yfelra ealdormanna géþeaht consilia principum, 32, 9, Ealdormanna riht

    jus publicum,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 63: ii. 49, 10.

  • Ealdermanna duguð

    senatus,

    i.
      18, 38.

  • Ealdormanna procerum, An. Ox. 4546:

    magestratibus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 17.

  • Cyningum and yfelum rícum ealdormannum wiþstandan,

      Bl. H. 161, 17.

  • Hié eft hwirfdon tó hiora ealdormannum,

      239, 26.

  • Gegaderode Pharao his ealdormen and ealne his here,

      Ex. 14, 6.

  • Twégen ealdormen

    duos viros,

      Jud. 7, 25.
  • .xii. Wilisce aldormenn,
      Chr. 465; P. 12, 27.
a master, overseer of workmen
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  • Cóm hé tó þám túngeréfan, sé þe his ealdormon wæs

    veniens ad uilicum, qui sibi praeerat,

      Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 484, 22.

  • Berebryttan gebyreð corngebrot ... gif him his ealdorman ann, Ll. Th. i. 440, 3. I a. with gen.,

    chief

    of a class or profession :-- Micahel se heáhengel wæs ealra engla ealderman,
      Bl. H. 147, 2.

  • Aldormon beorswinigra

    princeps publicanorum,

      Lk. R. 19, 2.

  • Sum heora cræftes ealdorman

    quidam artis eorum primus,

      Gr. D. 342, 5.

  • Sce Petres apostola ealdormannes,

      Bl. H. 171, 4.

  • Aldormonnes sácerda

    principis sacerdotum.

      Lk. L. R. 22, 50.

  • Þá ealdormen þára sácerda,

      Bl. H. 77, 7.
used of the holder of a particular office.
referring to other than English officials; or in glossaries,
of secular office
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  • Ealdorman judex vel consul, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 4: pretor, ii. 95, 26:

    comes,

      An. Ox. 4712.

  • Déma ł ealdorman

    preses,

      45, 1.

  • Cempena ealdormon

    tribunus scutariorum,

      Ors. 6, 33; S. 288, 5.

  • Ðe aldormon

    tribunus, Jn. L. 18, 12: archetriclinus, 2, 9.Ealdermen preside, i. judice,

      An. Ox. 3453.

  • Ðám haldormenn

    centurioni,

      Mt. L. 8, 13.

  • Be þám ealdormen þǽre burge

    de urbis comite,

      Gr. D. 301, 16.

  • Cwǽdon þá Judéiscan tó heora ealdormenn Pilate (cf. procurante Pontio Pilato,

      Lk. 3, 1), Hml. Th. i. 220, 5.

  • Ðǽm aldormen

    Pilato,

      Mk. L. R. 15, 1.

  • Ealdormanna

    pretorum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 70.

  • Ealdormen

    quinquagenarios,

      66, 5.
of ecclesiastical office
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  • Ðæs folces aldormon

    archesynagogus,

      Lk. L. 13, 14.

  • Ðæs aldormonnes

    archesynagogi,

      Mk. L. R. 5, 38.
  • From ðǽm folces aldormenn, 35.

  • Cúð ðǽm aldormenn (pontifici) . . . on worðe ðæs aldormonnes

    pontificis,

      Jn. L. R. 18, 15.

  • Caifa ðæs aldormonnes

    Caiaphae,

    13.
of English officials
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  • Æðelstán ealderman

    ego Æðelstan senator,

      C. D. v. 253, 26.

  • Beorhtríc cyning forðférde and Worr aldormon,

      Chr. 800; P. 58, 3.

  • Hér Cúþréd cyning gefeaht uuiþ Æþelhún þone ofermédan aldormonn,

      750; P. 46, 11.

  • Hé ofslóg þone aldormonn þe him longest wunode,

      755; P. 46, 21. ¶
  • used of Saxons coming from or living on the continent

    Hér cuómon twégen aldormen on Bretene, Cerdic and Cynríc his sunu,

      Chr. 495; P. 14, 18.

  • Þá hí on Ealdseaxe cómon, þá eódon hí on sumes túngeréfan gestærn, and hine bǽdon ꝥ hé hí onsende tó þám ealdormen (

    ad satrapam) þe ofer hine wæs . . . þá Ealdseaxan næfdon ágenne cyning; ac manige ealdormen (satrapae plurimi) wǽron heora þeóde foresette, and þonne seó tíd gewinnes cóm, þonne hluton hí mid tánum tó þám ealdormannum, and swá hwylcne heora swá him se tán ætýwde, þonne gecuron hi þone him tó heretogan, and him hýrdon. Þonne ꝥ gewin geendad wæs, þonne wǽron hí eft efenríce, wǽron ealle ealdormen (satrapae ),

      Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 600, 4-601, 3.
  • v. dryht-, þúsend-ealdormann.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ealdor-mann.” 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/43308.

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