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ealdor

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§340;
Dele bracket at end, and add:
one occupying a position of superiority.
of human beings,
one (man or woman)
having authority over others,
of public authority
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  • Manna ealdor tribunus, þúsendes ealdor ciliarcus, fíftiga ealdor quinquagenarius, fíf hund cempena ealdor

    cohors,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 8, 10, 13, 14.
  • Ic eom ealdor and látteów Drihtnes heres

    sum princeps exercitus Domini,

      Jos. 5, 14.
  • Genealǽhte án ealdor (

    princeps

    ),
      Mt. 9, 18.
  • Æþeréd Myrcena ealdor (cf. Æþeréd ealdormon,

      894; P. 87, 14), Chr. 910; P. 95, 4.
  • Ðá wæs hyre gecýd þe ðár ealdor wæs,

      Ap. Th. 23, 11.
  • Ealdre tribuno, An. Ox.2523:

    chiliarco,

      2, 379.
  • Ealdor

    monarchum, i. dominatorem,

    3906.
  • Aldur

    dictatorem,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 15.
  • On Iuda ealdrum

    in principibus Iuda,

      Mt. 2, 6.
of domestic authority,
head of a household (applied to man or woman)
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  • Sarai ... is gereht, 'Min ealdor,' ac God hí hét syððan Sarra, þæt is, 'Ealdor,' þæt heó nǽre synderlíce hire hírédes ealdor gecíged, -ac forðrihte 'Ealdor,' þæt is tó understandenne ealra gelýfedra wífa móder,

      Hml. Th. i. 92, 16-20.
of marital authority
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  • Bútan þám wífe, forþon heó sceal hire ealdore (ealdre, hláforde,

    v.ll.

    ) hiéran,
      Ll. Th. i. 138, 18.
of ecclesiastical authority
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  • Se ealdor (aldor. L.) þǽra sácerda

    princeps sacerdotum,

      Mt. 26, 62.
  • Hé wæs mænig geár ealdor þæs mynstres

    annis multis monasterio praefuit,

      Gr. D. 96, 9.
  • Geworhtum beácne fram þám ealdre

    facto signo a priore,

      R. Ben. 46, 3.
  • Sýn þá ealdras (decani ) swylce gecorene, þæt se abbod his byrðenna on hý tódǽlan mæge,

      12.
  • Gesetton cyricena aldoras ꝥ fæsten,

      Bl. H. 35, 7.
  • Sume men forhogiað ꝥ hí hýran godcundan ealdran,

      Ll. Th. i. 332, 34.
  • Ealderas

    seniores,

      R. Ben. 18, 23.
an authority, a master in a subject,
one having superior knowledge
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  • Þysse wyrte onfundelnysse manega ealdras geséðað,

      Lch. i. 140, 10.
of superhuman beings
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  • On þone aldor deófla.

      Bl. H. 83, 23.
  • Gehýrstú, úre aldor?,

      85, 18, 29.
  • Þæt dǽra ðeóstra ealdras mé ne geméton,

      Hml. Th. i. 76, 4.
of things,
the chief, principal of its kind, head
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  • Seó Níl is ealdor fallicra (ful- ?) eá

    Nilus est capud fluuiorum.

      Nar. 35, 19.
a parent, v. ealdor-leás orphan
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  • Cóm ǽrest Cam in síðian, eafora Nóes, þǽr his aldor læg,

      Gen. 1578.
  • Þín aldor

    thy father,

      Dan. 754.
  • Se ǽresta ealdor þisses menniscan cynnes

    Adam,

      Bl. H. 23, 4.
  • Eardcundes aldores

    terreni parentis,

      Rtl. 33, 36.
an author, source
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  • Hé Martinum wurðode, for þan ðe hé wæs ealdor his hǽle,

      Hml. S. 31, 526.
a primitive, that from which something is derived
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  • Rex cyning is frumcenned nama, and regalis cymð of þám and hæfð ealle þá ðing þe his ealdor hæfð,

      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 245, 4.
Etymology
[v. N.E.D. alder. O. Frs. alder parent.]
Similar entries
v. bisceop-, burg-, camp-, dryht-, heáh-, teóþung-ealdor, and cpds. with ealdor-.
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