- ieldest
- adj eldest, chief, principal, greatest, as oldest might be supposed best fitted to fill the highest positions, the word gets this meaning; eldest, oldest [spl of eald];
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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cempa — m ( n/ n) warrior, soldier, champion [camp]; cempaena ieldest a chief of soldier, a commander; fíf hund cempaena ealdor a commander of five hundred soldiers; … Old to modern English dictionary
eald — adj 1. old, aged, ancient, antique, primeval; 1a. of great age (1) of living creatures; (1a) used as a noun; (3) of material things; 1b. where two people of the same name or of the same office are distinguished by difference of age; 1c. elder,… … Old to modern English dictionary
eltst — see ieldest spl of eald … Old to modern English dictionary
eldest — adjective (of one out of a group of people) oldest. Origin OE ieldest, eldest, of Gmc origin; related to eld and old … English new terms dictionary
eldest — [el′dist] adj. [ME < OE eldest(a), ieldest(a), superl. of ald, eald: see OLD] oldest; esp., firstborn or oldest surviving … English World dictionary
