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ealdor-leg

  • noun [ feminineneuter ]
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Grammar
ealdor-leg, es; n.
Substitute: ealdor-legu, e; f. Course of life, life
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  • Gé mé sægdon þæt gé cúðon míne aldorlege, swá mé ǽfre wearð oððe ic furðor findan sceolde

    you told me that you knew the course of my life, whatever has befallen me, or what I was yet to experience,

      Dan. 139.
  • Nelle ic lǽtan þé ǽfre unrótne æfter ealdorlege mínre (

    after my life's course is ended

    ) geweorðan,
      Gú, 1234.
Etymology
[Cf. O. Sax. aldar-lagu; pl. life.]
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  • ealdor-leg, n.