, _lord, chief_ (king or
powerful
noble): nom.
Beowulf
pl.
þæt nǣron eald-gewyrht, þæt hē āna scyle gnorn þrowian,
_that has not been his desert ever since long ago, that he should bear the
distress alone_, 2658.
eald-hlāford, st. m. , _lord through many years_: gen. sg. bill
eald-hlāfordes (of the old Bēowulf(? )), 2779.
eald-metod, st. m. , _God ruling ever since ancient times_: nom. sg. 946.
ealdor, aldor, st. m.
, _lord, chief_ (king or powerful noble): nom. sg.
ealdor, 1645, 1849, 2921; aldor, 56, 369, 392; acc. sg. aldor, 669; dat.
sg. ealdre, 593; aldre, 346.
ealdor, aldor, st. n. , _life_: acc. sg. aldor, 1372; dat. sg. aldre, 1448,
1525; ealdre, 2600; him on aldre stōd herestrǣl hearda (in vitalibus),
1435; nalles for ealdre mearn, _was not troubled about his life_, 1443; of
ealdre gewāt, _went out of life, died_, 2625; as instr. aldre, 662, 681,
etc. ; ealdre, 1656, 2134, etc.
_that has not been his desert ever since long ago, that he should bear the
distress alone_, 2658.
eald-hlāford, st. m. , _lord through many years_: gen. sg. bill
eald-hlāfordes (of the old Bēowulf(? )), 2779.
eald-metod, st. m. , _God ruling ever since ancient times_: nom. sg. 946.
ealdor, aldor, st. m.
, _lord, chief_ (king or powerful noble): nom. sg.
ealdor, 1645, 1849, 2921; aldor, 56, 369, 392; acc. sg. aldor, 669; dat.
sg. ealdre, 593; aldre, 346.
ealdor, aldor, st. n. , _life_: acc. sg. aldor, 1372; dat. sg. aldre, 1448,
1525; ealdre, 2600; him on aldre stōd herestrǣl hearda (in vitalibus),
1435; nalles for ealdre mearn, _was not troubled about his life_, 1443; of
ealdre gewāt, _went out of life, died_, 2625; as instr. aldre, 662, 681,
etc. ; ealdre, 1656, 2134, etc.
