,
_traditions
from old times_: gen.
Beowulf
yldesta, superl. _oldest_, in the usual sense; dat. sg. þām yldestan, 2436;
in a moral sense, _the most respected_: nom. sg. se yldesta, 258; acc. sg.
þone yldestan, 363, both times of Bēowulf.
eald-fæder, st. m. , _old-father, grandfather, ancestor_: nom. sg. 373.
eald-gesegen, st. f.
, _traditions from old times_: gen. pl. eal-fela
eald-gesegena, _very many of the old traditions_, 870.
eald-gesīð, st. m. , _companion ever since old times, courtier for many
years_: nom. pl. eald-gesīðas, 854.
eald-gestrēon, st. n. , _treasure out of the old times_: dat. pl.
eald-gestrēonum, 1382; gen. pl. -gestrēona, 1459.
eald-gewinna, w.
