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ealdor-lang

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eternal. Add:

ealdor-sacerd

Grammar
ealdor-sacerd, l. -sácerd,
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and add Aldursácerd princeps sacerdotum, Mt. R. 26, 62. Esne ðæs aldorsácerdas (-os, R) servum principis sacerdotum, Mt. L. 26, 51. Gesomnad wéron aldorsácerdas in cæfertún ðæs aldorsácerdas, 3. Æteáw þé ðǽm aldorsácerd, Mk. R. 1, 44. Aldorsácerdas principes

Linked entry: sacerd

ealdor-apostol

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Se ealdorapostol ús gesette tó healdanne ðás dagas, Nap. 69, 3. Add

ealdor-mann

Similar entry: heáh-ealdormann

heáh-ealdor

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-ealdor, es; m.

A chief ruler

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A chief ruler Hí cómon on ðæs heáhealdres hús veniunt in domum arche-synagogi, Mk. Skt. 5, 38

ealdor-dóm-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-dóm-scipe, (?), es; m.
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Aldermanship Hér forðférde Ælfhere ealdorman, and féng Ælfríc tó þám ilcan ealdordómscipe (ealdormanscipe ?: ealdordóme, MS. E.), Chr. 983; P. 124, 35

EALD

(adj.)
Grammar
EALD, ald; adj. comp. yldra, eldra, eoldra; sup. yldest .

old, ancient vĕtus, ætāte provectus, priscus, antīquus

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old, ancient; vĕtus, ætāte provectus, priscus, antīquus Ic com nú eald I am now old. Lk. Bos. 1, 18. Eald ǽfensceóp an old evening-bard, Exon. 103a; Th. 390, 21; Rä. 9, 5: Beo. Th. 4426; B. 2210. Ealde ýþ-mearas old horses of the waves, Exon. 20b; Th

Linked entries: ald eald-spræc

ealdur

(n.)

a prince

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a prince, Jn. Foxe 16, 11

ealder

(n.)

an elder

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an elder, R. Ben. 4

ealdoþ

(n.)
Grammar
ealdoþ, (?) a trough (?),
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a channel (?) Aldaht, aldot alviolum, Txts. 39, 124. [Cf. Bavarian alden a furrow. v. Beib. 15, 71.]

ealde

(n.)

men

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men; homines. Ps. Th. 93, 9

eald-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
eald-dóm, es; m.

Agevĕtustas

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Age; vĕtustas Hyre ánweald is hreósende for ealddóme her power is decreasing from age, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 4

ealdur-man

(n.)
Grammar
ealdur-man, -mann, es; m.

An elderman, alderman, noblemanmājor nātu, princeps

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An elderman, alderman, nobleman; mājor nātu, princeps Nelle ge on ealdurmenn áne getreówian nōlīte confīdere in princĭpĭbus, Ps. Th. 145, 2: 118, 161

eald-cwén

(n.)
Grammar
eald-cwén, e; f.

An old wife, an old crone vĕtŭla

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An old wife, an old crone; vĕtŭla Ealdra cwéna spell vĕtŭlārum fābŭla, R. 100

efen-eald

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-eald, efn-eald; adj.

Co-eval, of the same, ageco-ævus, co-ætāneus

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Co-eval, of the same, age; co-ævus, co-ætāneus Ic æt efenealdum ǽfre ne métte máran snyttro I never met with greater prudence among those of his age. Andr. Kmbl. 1105; An. 553: Bd. 5. 19; S. 637, 19. Nǽnig efen-eald him no one of like age with him, Exon

Linked entry: efn-eald

ealo

(n.)

ale

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ale, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 22, 17: Bt. 17; Fox 60, 5

eald

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Add: of great age. of living creatures Ald senex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 47. Hú mæg man beón eft ácenned þonne hé bið eald (ald, L. R.)?, Jn. 3, 4. Ic eom eald tó híwigenne I am (too) old to pretend, Hml. S. 25, 94. Þá cyld ... and eác ðá ealdan ceorlas,

eald

Similar entry: fram-eald

eald-cot

Similar entry: COT

eald-móder

(n.)
Grammar
eald-móder, ealde-móder; f.

A grandmother avia

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A grandmother; avia Ealde-móder avia, Ælfc. Gl. 91; Som. 75, 9; Wrt. Voc. 51, 54