See older on Wiktionary
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"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*aluz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *aluz",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "alder"
},
"expansion": "English alder",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "els"
},
"expansion": "Dutch els",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Erle"
},
"expansion": "German Erle",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₂élisos"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Norse ǫlr (compare Icelandic elri, Danish el, Swedish al), from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō (compare English alder), variant of *alizō, *alisō (compare Dutch els, German Erle), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "olderen",
"head_nr": 1,
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "oldrar",
"head_nr": 1,
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "oldrane",
"head_nr": 1,
"tags": [
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "oldra",
"head_nr": 2,
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "oldrer",
"head_nr": 2,
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "oldrene",
"head_nr": 2,
"tags": [
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "noun",
"3": "definite singular",
"4": "oldra",
"5": "indefinite plural",
"6": "oldrer",
"7": "definite plural",
"8": "oldrene",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "older f (definite singular oldra, indefinite plural oldrer, definite plural oldrene)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header",
"Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns",
"Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas",
"Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns",
"Norwegian Nynorsk nouns",
"Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse",
"Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"nn:Trees"
],
"glosses": [
"alder (a tree of the Alnus genus)"
],
"head_nr": 2,
"links": [
[
"alder",
"alder"
],
[
"Alnus",
"Alnus#Translingual"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"wikipedia": [
"nn:Or"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "or"
}
],
"word": "older"
}
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