ealdor (a) I. m. _elder, parent_, _BH, Gen_. pl. _ancestors_: _civil or religious authority, chief, leader, master, lord, prince, king_, Æ: _source_: _primitive_, #ÆGr#. [eald; ‘_alder_’] II. n(f?) (†) _life, vital part_: (†) _age, old age_: _eternity_. on ealdre tō ealdre _for ever, always_. āwa tō ealdre, tō widan ealdre _for ever and ever_. [_Ger._ alter]
ealdorapostol (a) m. _chief apostle_, BH 314^7.
ealdorbana (a^1) m. _life-destroyer_, #Gen# 1033.
ealdorbiscop m. _chief bishop, archbishop_, Æ: _high-priest_, Æ.
ealdor-bold, -botl n. _palace, mansion_, BH.
ealdorcearu (a^1) f. _great sorrow_, B 906.
ealdordēma (a^1) †m. _chief judge, prince_.
ealdordeofol m. _chief of the devils_, NC 282.
ealdordōm m. _power, lordship, rule, dominion, authority, magistracy_, _PPs_; Æ, AO, CP: _superiority, preeminence_: _beginning_? #Jul# 190. [‘_alderdom_’]
ealdordōmscipe? m. _office of alderman_, #Chr# 983#c#.
ealdorduguð † f. _nobility, flower of the chiefs_.
ealdorfrēa (a^1) m. _lord, chief_, #Da# 46.
ealdorgeard m. _enclosure of life, body_, #An# 1183? (or ? ēador-)
ealdorgesceaft f. _state of life_, #Rd# 40^23.
ealdorlang _life-long, eternal_, †#Chr# 937#a#.
ealdorlēas I. _lifeless, dead_, B 15. II. _deprived of parents, orphaned_: _without a chief_.
ealdorlic _‘principalis,’ chief, princely, excellent_: _authentic_. adv. -līce.
ealdormann (o^3) [v. LL 2·359] m. _‘alderman,’ ruler, prince, chief, nobleman of the highest rank, high civil or religious officer, chief officer of a shire_, _Chr_; Æ, AO, CP: as trans. of foreign titles, _JnL, Mt_.
ealdorneru † f. _life’s preservation, safety, refuge_.
ealdorscipe m. _seniority, headship, supremacy, sovereignty_, Æ.
ealdorðegn † m. _chief attendant, retainer, distinguished courtier, chieftain_.
Eald-Seaxe -Seaxan mp. _Old-Saxons, Continental Saxons_, AO.
ealdsprǣc f. _proverb, by-word_, #PPs# 43^15.
ealdung f. _process of growing old, age_, Æ, AO.
ealdwērig? _accursed from old times_, #Ex# 50.
ealdwita m. _venerable man, priest, sage_: _Pharisee_.
ealdwrītere m. _writer on ancient history_, OEG 5449.
ealfara m. _pack-horse_? A 4·147^200 (v. NC 282, 342).
ealfelo _baleful, dire_, #An# 771 (ælfælo), #Rd# 24^9.
ealgodwebb n. _‘holosericus,’ all-silk cloth_, WW 395^15.