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. Add: I. eldest :-- Seó mǽgð ásprang of Nóes eltstan suna, Hml. Th. i. 24, 7. II. chief. (l) as adjective :-- Yldest burhwara proceres vel primores vel primarii, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 40. Ðæt ieldesðe setl on gemétengum hí sécað, Past. 27, 8. Þá yldestan cáseras Aggusti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 18. (2) as substantive, a chief person :-- Sé ðe eówer yltst sý. Mt. 23, II. Clypa tó þé þá yltstan of Israhéla folce, Ex. 17, 5. v. heáh-ildest.
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; superl. of eald. I. eldest, oldest :-- Úre ieldesta mǽg parens primus [Adam], Past. 43, 5 ; Swt. 313, 15. Hé sóhte fram ðam yldestan óþ ðone gingestan quos scrutatus, incipiens a majore usque ad minimum. Gen. 44, 12. Ða yldestan senes, Ps. Th. 104, 18. Ða yldestan chus and cham hátene wǽron the eldest were named Cush and Ham, Cd. 79; Th. 97, 22; Gen. 1616.
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