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ealde-móder

  • noun [ feminine ]
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a grandmother. Cf. eald, VI a
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  • For mínes leófan fæder sáwle and for mínre ealdemódor

    for my dear father's soul and for my grandmother's,

      Cht. Th. 562, 27.
  • Þone bule ðe wæs hire ealder-móder,

      548, 8.
  • [O. Frs. ald-móder (alde móder according too]
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