Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Elder; elderly; aged.
- Of elder; made of elder; belonging to the elder.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Made of elder.
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- adjective obsolete Made of
elder . - adjective of persons
Elder ;elderly ;aged ;old . - adjective Not new; old.
Etymologies
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From an alteration (due to elder) of Middle English ellern ("eldern"), from Old English ellærn, ellarn ("of elder-wood, eldern"), equivalent to elder + -en.
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From Middle English eldrin, elderne, equivalent to elder + -en.
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Examples
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'eldern' women: or in the well-thumbed and nearly illegible leaves of some old book or pamphlet of songs, snugly resting on the 'pot-head,' or sharing their rest with the 'Great Ha' Bible, '_Scott's Worthies_, or Blind Harry's lines.
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Such are the consequences of relying upon the traditions of "eldern women!"
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 Various
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“_eldern_ popguns” in Sir Thomas Overbury; “a _glassen_ breast”, in
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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