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EALDOR -- EALDOR-MANN 167

2523: chiliarco, 2, 379. Ealdor monarchum, i. dominatorem, 3906. Aldur dictatorem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 15. On Iuda ealdrum in principibus Iuda, Mt. 2, 6. (β) of domestic authority, head of a household (applied to man or woman) :-- Sarai ... is gereht, 'Min ealdor,' ac God hí hét syððan Sarra, þæt is, 'Ealdor,' þæt heó næ-acute;re synderlíce hire hírédes ealdor gecíged, -ac forðrihte 'Ealdor,' þæt is tó understandenne ealra gelýfedra wífa móder, Hml. Th. i. 92, 16-20. (γ) of marital authority :-- Bútan þám wífe, forþon heó sceal hire ealdore (ealdre, hláforde, v.ll.) hiéran, Ll. Th. i. 138, 18. (δ) of ecclesiastical authority :-- Se ealdor (aldor. L.) þæ-acute;ra sácerda princeps sacerdotum, Mt. 26, 62. Hé wæs mænig geár ealdor þæs mynstres annis multis monasterio praefuit, Gr. D. 96, 9. Geworhtum beácne fram þám ealdre facto signo a priore, R. Ben. 46, 3. Sýn þá ealdras (decani) swylce gecorene, þæt se abbod his byrðenna on hý tódæ-acute;lan mæge, 12. Gesetton cyricena aldoras þ-bar; fæsten, Bl. H. 35, 7. Sume men forhogiað þ-bar; hí hýran godcundan ealdran, Ll. Th. i. 332, 34. Ealderas seniores, R. Ben. 18, 23. (b) an authority, a master in a subject, one having superior knowledge :-- Þysse wyrte onfundelnysse manega ealdras geséðað, Lch. i. 140, 10. (2) of superhuman beings :-- On þone aldor deófla. Bl. H. 83, 23. Gehýrstú, úre aldor?, 85, 18, 29. Þæt dæ-acute;ra ðeóstra ealdras mé ne geméton, Hml. Th. i. 76, 4. (3) of things, the chief, principal of its kind, head :-- Seó Níl is ealdor fallicra (ful- ?) eá Nilus est capud fluuiorum. Nar. 35, 19. II. a parent, v. ealdor-leás orphan :-- Cóm æ-acute;rest Cam in síðian, eafora Nóes, þæ-acute;r his aldor læg, Gen. 1578. Þín aldor thy father, Dan. 754. Se æ-acute;resta ealdor þisses menniscan cynnes Adam, Bl. H. 23, 4. Eardcundes aldores terreni parentis, Rtl. 33, 36. III. an author, source :-- Hé Martinum wurðode, for þan ðe hé wæs ealdor his hæ-acute;le, Hml. S. 31, 526. III a. a primitive, that from which something is derived :-- Rex cyning is frumcenned nama, and regalis cymð of þám and hæfð ealle þá ðing þe his ealdor hæfð, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 245, 4. [v. N.E.D. alder. O. Frs. alder parent.] v. bisceop-, burg-, camp-, dryht-, heáh-, teóþung-ealdor, and cpds. with ealdor-.

ealdor eternity. Add :-- In écnisse &l-bar; in aldre in sempiternum, Mt. L. 21, 19.

ealdor-bisceop. Add: a chief priest, high priest of the Jews :-- Cwæð se ealdorbiscop dixit princeps sacerdotum (Acts, 7, 1), Hml. Th. i. 46, 6: ii. 422, 20. Ðá gýtsigendan ealdorbiscopas, i. 406, 5. Þám weardmannum þe wæ-acute;ron ásænde fram þám ealdorbisceopum tó Crístes byrgenne, Hml. A. 78, 153. Hé gesamnode ealle þá ealdorbiscopas congregans omnes principes sacerdotum (Mt. 2, 4), Hml. Th. i. 78, 10.

ealdor-bold, es; n. A chief residence, court of a king :-- Be Deorwentan þæ-acute;re eá, ðæ-acute;r wæs þæs cyninges ealdorbold (aldor-, v.l.) juxta amnem Deruuentionem, ubi tunc erat uilla regalis, Bd. 2, 9; Sch. 146, 21. v. ealdor-botl, -burh in Dict.

ealdor-botl. v. preceding word.

ealdor-burh. Add :-- Ealdorburh metropolis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 24: Hpt. 33, 239, 19.

ealdor-deófol, es; m. The prince of the devils :-- Þonne þú gesyxt þone ealdordeófol þe líð on bæc gebunden ... and siððan heó bið gelæ-acute;dd tó þám ealdordeófle, Nap. 18.

ealdor-dóm. Add: I. greatness, power, authority :-- Ðá wurdon æteówode fela ðúsend engla, ðý læ-acute;s ðe wæ-acute;re geþúht ánes engles ealdordóm tó hwónlic tó swá micelre bodunge, Hml Th. i. 38, 5. Ealdordóme auctoritate, An. Ox. 2598. Ealderdóm auctoritatem, i. praerogativam, 2873. Þurh láreówa ealdordóm, Wlfst. 285, 28. II. state of superiority, pre-eminence, primacy. (1) of persons :-- Claudius him wæs on teónde ealdordóm ofer þá óþere primus ex decemviris solus Appius Claudius sibi continuavit imperium, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 20. Hé læ-acute;reð aldordóm ne sié tó soecanne docet primatum non esse quaerendum. Mk. p. 4, 8. (2) of things :-- Swylce eác be ðám heán muntum and dúnum, þá þe heáh standað ofer ealne middaneard, þá hwæðere wíte habbað þæs ealdordómes, þæt heó beóð genehhe mid heofonfýre geþreáde, Wlfst. 262, 14. Hwilce þé geþúht betwux worold-cræftas healdan ealdordóm quales tibi videtur inter seculares artes retinere primatum?, Coll. M. 30, 25. III. rule, government, any official position involving command of others :-- His ealdordóm ys on eaxle factus est principatus super humerum ejus (Is. 9, 6), Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 14. Licge se ealdordóm on unfriðe, Ll. Th. i. 286, 34. Ealdordó[me] municipatu, i. principatu, An. Ox. 3030. Ðæ-acute;m aldordóme ðæs undercyniges principatui praesidis, Lk. R. 20, 20. Hé him æfter fyligde on ðæs mynstres ealdordóme (regimine), Gr. D. 96, 7. Israhéla folc geceás Ionatham, biddende þæt hé wæ-acute;re heora heáfod and heretoga; and hé féng ðá tó ealdordóme swá swá hí bæ-acute;don, Hml. S. 25, 718. Hér forðférde Ælfere ealdorman, and féng Ælfríc tó þám ilcan ealdordóme, 983; P. 125, 6. Óslác féng tó ealdordóme (was made earl of Deira), Ch. 966; P. 119, 2. Óslác eorl and eal here þe on his ealdordóme wunað. Ll. Th. i. 278, 6. Willelm cyngc geaf Ródbearde eorle þone ealdordóm ofer Norðhymbra land, 1067; P. 203, 20. Ealdordóm tribunatum, i. principatum, Hpt. Gl. 427, 22. Ealderdóm monarchiam, i. principatum, An. Ox. 1994. Geðence hé ðone ealdordóm his onwealdes; and ... forsió hé his ealdordóm ... potestatem sui prioratus agnoscat; et honore suppresso ..., Past. 107, 13. Fasces, i. honores cynedómas vel aldor[dómas], Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 51. Þá gecorenan ðe ... þá læ-acute;ssan gebróðru oferstígað mid ealdorscipe, þá habbað heora dæ-acute;l betwux ðám heofenlícum ealderdómum (principalities, Col. 1, 16), Hml. Th. i. 344, 33. IV. a beginning :-- Þis is ealdordóm uncres gewinnes on fruman gefongen (cf. þis is a beginnunge of þe sar þ-bar; tu schalt ... drehen, Jul. 27, 8), Jul. 190. [He (Christ) ræfeþþ þe (John) þín alderrdom, Orm. 18278.]

ealdor-dóm-scipe (?), es; m. Aldermanship :-- Hér forðférde Ælfhere ealdorman, and féng Ælfríc tó þám ilcan ealdordómscipe (ealdormanscipe ?: ealdordóme, MS. E.), Chr. 983; P. 124, 35.

ealdor-geard (?) the house of life, the body :-- Læ-acute;tað íren ecgheard eadorgeard (ealdor-? cf. feorh-bold, -hús) sceoran, An. 1183.

ealdor-lang. Add: eternal. [O. Sax. aldar-lang: O. Frs. alder-lang eternal.] v. ealdor life, II.

ealdor-leás. Substitute: I. without a lord. v. ealdor, I :-- God fyrenþearfe ongeat, þæt hí æ-acute;r drugon aldorleáse, B. 15. II. without parents, orphan, v. ealdor, II :-- Ne forlæ-acute;te ic eów aldorleáse ( = aldorleása orfanos, Jn. L. 14, 18), Bl. H. 131, 21. [O. Frs. alder-lás orphan.]

ealdor-leg, es; n. Substitute: ealdor-legu, e; f. Course of life, life :-- Gé mé sægdon þæt gé cúðon míne aldorlege, swá mé æ-acute;fre wearð oððe ic furðor findan sceolde you told me that you knew the course of my life, whatever has befallen me, or what I was yet to experience, Dan. 139. Nelle ic læ-acute;tan þé æ-acute;fre unrótne æfter ealdorlege mínre (after my life's course is ended) geweorðan, Gú, 1234. [Cf. O. Sax. aldar-lagu; pl. life.]

ealdor-lic. Add: I. of an ealdor. v. ealdor, I :-- Ealdorlicere mihte tribunice potestatis, An. Ox. 4544. Ealdorlicere tribunica, 4010. II. chief, principal, princely :-- Seó ceaster wæs héh and aldorlic, Bl. H. 77, 25. Swá ealdorlices hádes principalis tanti sexus, An. Ox. 3890. Ic hálsige þá Crístes þegnas for hiora ealdorlican setle (cf. þæt gé sitton ofer þrymsetl. Lk. 22, 30), Angl. xii. 503, 17. Mid gáste alderlice spiritu principali, Ps. Srt. 50, 14. Twá and hundseofontig þeóda ealdorlicra mæ-acute;gða ... xv mæ-acute;gða ealdorlicera (-e, MS) and mycele, Angl. xi. 2, 46, 48. III. authentic, v. ealdor, III :-- Ealderlicum authentico, An. Ox. 5151.

ealdor-líce. Add :-- Ealdorlíce (principaliter) syndon tú cyn þæ-acute;re inbryrdnesse, Gr. D. 244, 26. Aldorlíce, Rtl. 9, 15.

ealdorlicness. Add :-- Ic þé þá wísan secge mid bysene þæ-acute;re hálgan ealdorlicnysse ea narro sacrae auctoritatis exemplo, Gr. D. 8, 30. Ealdorlicnesse auctoritate, An. Ox. 216: 40, 3. Æalderlicnessa, 11, 8. Ðæt on his ealdorlicnesse hié ongieten ðæt hié him mægen ondræ-acute;dan, Past. 119, 12. Gefultumiende mid his cynelicre ealdorlicnesse (aldor-, v.l.), Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 598, 13. Hé hafað him sylfum genumen þá ealdorlicnysse þæ-acute;re hálgan láre (auctoritatem praedicationis), Gr. D. 35, 3.

ealdor-mann. Add: I. in a general sense. (1) used of a person of high position, a prince, ruler, leader, magistrate :-- Ealdorman princeps vel comes, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 12. Eoldorman princeps, 72, 59. Se ealdormonn (rector) sceal læ-acute;tan hine selfne gelícne his hiéremonnum. Past. 107, 8. Sié ðú aldormon tó gehaeld sis praesul ad custodiam, Rtl. 180, 12. In aldormonnum (aldur-, R) ... aldormon &l-bar; látua ðe rícses in principibus ... dux, qui reget, Mt. L. 2, 6. Ðú haldormon praeceptor, Lk. L. 5, 5. Achilles se ealdorman, Lch. i. 308, 8. Geonduearde Nicodimus se aldormonn (cf. Nicodemus aldormonn (princeps) Judéana, 1) respondit Nicodemus, Jn. L. 3, 9. Tó ealdormenn ðú eart gesett ducem te constituerunt, Past. 119, 22. Mið ðý ðú gást mið wiðerworde ðínum tó aldormen (principem), Lk. L. 12, 58. Se cyning sende him tógeánes ánne ealdormann (principem), Jud. 4, 7. Eorðcyningcas and ealdormenn (principes), Ps. Th. 2, 2: 23, 7. Yfelra ealdormanna géþeaht consilia principum, 32, 9, Ealdormanna riht jus publicum, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 63: ii. 49, 10. Ealdermanna duguð senatus, i. 18, 38. Ealdormanna procerum, An. Ox. 4546: magestratibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 17. Cyningum and yfelum rícum ealdormannum wiþstandan, Bl. H. 161, 17. Hié eft hwirfdon tó hiora ealdormannum, 239, 26. Gegaderode Pharao his ealdormen and ealne his here, Ex. 14, 6. Twégen ealdormen duos viros, Jud. 7, 25. .xii. Wilisce aldormenn, Chr. 465; P. 12, 27. (2) a master, overseer of workmen :-- Cóm hé tó þám túngeréfan, sé þe his ealdormon wæs veniens ad uilicum, qui sibi praeerat, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 484, 22. Berebryttan gebyreð corngebrot ... gif him his ealdorman ann, Ll. Th. i. 440, 3. I a. with gen., chief of a class or profession :-- Micahel se heáhengel wæs ealra engla ealderman, Bl. H. 147, 2. Aldormon beorswinigra princeps publicanorum, Lk. R. 19, 2. Sum heora cræftes ealdorman quidam artis eorum primus, Gr. D. 342, 5. Sce UNCERTAIN Petres apostola ealdormannes, Bl. H. 171, 4. Aldormonnes sácerda principis sacerdotum. Lk. L. R. 22, 50. Þá ealdormen þára sácerda, Bl. H. 77, 7. II. used of the holder of a particular office. (1) referring to other than English officials; or in glossaries, (a) of secular office :-- Ealdorman judex vel consul, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 4: pretor, ii. 95, 26: comes, An. Ox. 4712. Déma &l-bar; ealdorman preses, 45, 1. Cempena ealdormon tribunus scutariorum, Ors. 6, 33; S. 288, 5. Ðe aldormon tribunus, Jn. L. 18, 12: archetriclinus, 2, 9.