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ealdor

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
ealdor, ealdur, aldor; gen. ealdres; dat, ealdre; pl. nom. acc. ealdras; m. <b>I;</b> an
Wright's OE grammar
§340;
ELDER, parent, head of a family, author; părens, paterfamilias, auctor
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  • Úre ealdras ða ǽrestan menn

    prīmi părentes nastri,

    • Bd. I. 27
      • ;
    • S. 493,
      • 3.

  • Ðæt unriht ðe his ealdras ǽr gefremedon

    inīquĭtas patrum ejus,

    • Ps. Th. 108,
      • 14.

  • Sum híredes ealdor wæs hŏmo erat paterfamilĭas, Mt. Bos. 21, 33. þýstra ealdor

    tenebrarum auctor.

    • Bd. 2,
      • 1;
    • S. 501,
      • 16.
an elder, chief, governor, prince; sĕnior, præpŏsītus, princeps
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  • Ðæs folces ealdoran

    seniōres pŏpŭli,

    • Lev. 4,
      • 15.

  • Hundredes ealdor

    centŭrio,

    • Mt. Bos. 8, 5: Ælfc. Gl. 6
      • ;
    • Som. 56,
      • 58.

  • Ðæra byrla ealdor

    the chief butler.

    • Gen. 40,
      • 9.

  • Cwæþ se Hǽlend to ðæs temples ealdrum

    dixit Iesus ad magistrātus templi,

    • Lk. Bos. 22, 52 : C. R. Ben. 25
      • .

  • Ðæt wæs ealdor heora

    that was their chief,

    • Cd. 221
      • ;
    • Th. 287,
      • 27;
    • Sat. 373
      • .

  • Heofna ealdor

    the prince of the heavens,

    • Cd. 226
      • ;
    • Th. 300,
      • 20;
    • Sat. 567
      • .

  • Ealdor þegna

    the prince of thanes,

    • Beo. Th. 3293
      • ;
    • B. 1644
      • .

  • Egesful ealdor

    a dreadful prince,

    • Exon. 70 b
      • ;
    • Th. 262,
      • 7;
    • Jul. 329
      • .

  • He ofer his ealdre gestód

    he stood opposite his sovereign,

    55 b;
    • Th. 196,
      • 1;
    • Az. 167
      • .

  • Ealdras of Zabulone

    princĭpes Zabulon,

    • Ps. Th. 67, 25 : 82,
      • 9.
Etymology
[
Wyc.eldren , eldres fathers, seniors:
Laym. ældere , aldere a chieftain; ældere, ælderen, alderen ancestors, parents :
Plat. elder , m. senior; in pl. parents:
O. Sax. aldiro , aldro , m. ancestor; pl. eldiron parents :
Dut. ouder a parent; pl. ouders, ouderen, m. parents:
O. Frs. alder a parent:
Ger. eltern , ältera parents:
M. H. Ger. altern parents:
O. H. Ger. altiron , eltiron parents:
Dan. äldre elder, older; for-ældre parents:
Swed. äldre elder, older; for-äldrar parents
.]
Similar entries
v. yldra.
Linked entries
v.  aldor aldor ealder ealdur eldor ealdor-lang.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ealdor.” 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/8426.

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