- ealder
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Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
ealder
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ealder — /eldar/, or ealding /eldii)/ In old Saxon law, an elder or chief … Black's law dictionary
ealder — /eldar/, or ealding /eldii)/ In old Saxon law, an elder or chief … Black's law dictionary
Borrows-Ealder — (spr. Borrohs Ilder), so v.w. Borsholder … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Ellershaw — This is an English locational surname which originates from the county of Yorkshire. The place name and hence the later surname means the coppice of alder trees from the pre 6th century Olde English ealder schawe . It is believed that there was… … Surnames reference
alderman — (n.) O.E. aldormonn (Mercian), ealdormann (W.Saxon) ruler, prince, chief; chief officer of a shire, from aldor, ealder patriarch (comparative of ald old; see OLD (Cf. old)) + monn, mann man (see MAN (Cf. man) (n.)). A relic of the days when the… … Etymology dictionary
borsholder — /bors howldar/ In Saxon law, the borough s ealder, or headborough … Black's law dictionary
borsholder — /bors howldar/ In Saxon law, the borough s ealder, or headborough … Black's law dictionary
