"ealdor" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæ͜ɑl.dor/, [ˈæ͜ɑɫ.dor]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldraz. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*aldr}} Proto-West Germanic *aldr, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*aldraz}} Proto-Germanic *aldraz Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} ealdor m, {{ang-noun|m}} ealdor m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|ealdr|nomsg=ealdor}}, {{ang-decl-noun|ealdor|ealdras|ealdor|ealdras|ealdres|ealdra|ealdre|ealdrum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: strong [table-tags], ealdor [nominative, singular], ealdras [nominative, plural], ealdor [accusative, singular], ealdras [accusative, plural], ealdres [genitive, singular], ealdra [genitive, plural], ealdre [dative, singular], ealdrum [dative, plural]
  1. elder, parent, head of a family; senior man Tags: West-Saxon, masculine
    Sense id: en-ealdor-ang-noun-bAPOa8yc
  2. chief, lord, leader, master Tags: West-Saxon, masculine
    Sense id: en-ealdor-ang-noun-luQaTiPc
  3. prince, king Tags: West-Saxon, masculine
    Sense id: en-ealdor-ang-noun-jZCYtUyO
  4. author; source, origin, authority, derivation Tags: West-Saxon, masculine
    Sense id: en-ealdor-ang-noun-LM47dmpC
  5. (in the plural) ancestors Tags: West-Saxon, in-plural, masculine
    Sense id: en-ealdor-ang-noun-TGea8-sN
  6. (religious) elder Tags: West-Saxon, masculine Categories (topical): Family members
    Sense id: en-ealdor-ang-noun-S60ursXN Disambiguation of Family members: 20 13 2 5 2 53 2 3 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, West Saxon Old English Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 19 11 1 20 5 27 3 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 11 3 19 13 27 7 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 8 3 12 12 46 6 4 Disambiguation of West Saxon Old English: 16 10 1 11 4 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: aldor, ealder Derived forms: ealdorlēas
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈæ͜ɑl.dor/, [ˈæ͜ɑɫ.dor]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *aldrą (“life, age”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow”). Cognate with Old Saxon aldar, Old High German altar, Old Norse aldr. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*aldrą||life, age}} Proto-Germanic *aldrą (“life, age”), {{der|ang|ine-pro|*h₂el-||to grow}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow”), {{cog|osx|aldar}} Old Saxon aldar, {{cog|goh|altar}} Old High German altar, {{cog|non|aldr}} Old Norse aldr Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} ealdor n, {{ang-noun|n}} ealdor n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|ealdr|nomsg=ealdor}}, {{ang-decl-noun|ealdor|ealdor|ealdor|ealdor|ealdres|ealdra|ealdre|ealdrum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: strong [table-tags], ealdor [nominative, singular], ealdor [nominative, plural], ealdor [accusative, singular], ealdor [accusative, plural], ealdres [genitive, singular], ealdra [genitive, plural], ealdre [dative, singular], ealdrum [dative, plural]
  1. life, the vital parts of the body Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-ealdor-ang-noun-QAd9AKLo
  2. age, old age; eternity Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-ealdor-ang-noun-QK6GBvM8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: aldor, ealder
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ealdorlēas"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "alder"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: alder",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: alder"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "ealdorman",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Old English: ealdorman",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Old English: ealdorman"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "alderman",
            "3": "aldermon"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: alderman, aldermon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: alderman, aldermon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "alderman"
          },
          "expansion": "English: alderman",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: alderman"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*aldr"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*aldraz"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldraz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdras",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdras",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ealdor m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "ealdor m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ealdr",
        "nomsg": "ealdor"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ealdor",
        "2": "ealdras",
        "3": "ealdor",
        "4": "ealdras",
        "5": "ealdres",
        "6": "ealdra",
        "7": "ealdre",
        "8": "ealdrum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "elder, parent, head of a family; senior man"
      ],
      "id": "en-ealdor-ang-noun-bAPOa8yc",
      "links": [
        [
          "elder",
          "elder"
        ],
        [
          "parent",
          "parent"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family"
        ],
        [
          "senior",
          "senior"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "chief-apostle",
          "text": "ealdorapostol",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "arch-bishop",
          "text": "ealdorbiscop",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "supreme judge",
          "text": "ealdordēma",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chief, lord, leader, master"
      ],
      "id": "en-ealdor-ang-noun-luQaTiPc",
      "links": [
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "lord",
          "lord"
        ],
        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ],
        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "palace",
          "text": "ealdorbotl",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "throne",
          "text": "ealdorstōl",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prince, king"
      ],
      "id": "en-ealdor-ang-noun-jZCYtUyO",
      "links": [
        [
          "prince",
          "prince"
        ],
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "author; source, origin, authority, derivation"
      ],
      "id": "en-ealdor-ang-noun-LM47dmpC",
      "links": [
        [
          "author",
          "author"
        ],
        [
          "source",
          "source"
        ],
        [
          "origin",
          "origin"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ],
        [
          "derivation",
          "derivation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ancestors"
      ],
      "id": "en-ealdor-ang-noun-TGea8-sN",
      "links": [
        [
          "ancestor",
          "ancestor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) ancestors"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon",
        "in-plural",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 11 1 20 5 27 3 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 11 3 19 13 27 7 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 8 3 12 12 46 6 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 10 1 11 4 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "West Saxon Old English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 13 2 5 2 53 2 3",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Family members",
          "orig": "ang:Family members",
          "parents": [
            "Family",
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "elder"
      ],
      "id": "en-ealdor-ang-noun-S60ursXN",
      "links": [
        [
          "elder",
          "elder"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "religious",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(religious) elder"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ͜ɑl.dor/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈæ͜ɑɫ.dor]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "aldor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ealder"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ealdor"
}

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        {
          "args": {
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            "3": "eldir"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: ealdor, eldir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: ealdor, eldir"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*aldrą",
        "4": "",
        "5": "life, age"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂el-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to grow"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "aldar"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon aldar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "altar"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German altar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "non",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse aldr",
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "n",
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        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ealdor n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "ealdor n",
      "name": "ang-noun"
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  ],
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        "1": "ealdr",
        "nomsg": "ealdor"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ealdor",
        "2": "ealdor",
        "3": "ealdor",
        "4": "ealdor",
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        "6": "ealdra",
        "7": "ealdre",
        "8": "ealdrum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "care of life",
          "text": "ealdorċearu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "destroyer of life",
          "text": "ealdorbana",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "destiny, fate; course of life",
          "text": "ealdorlegu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the days of ones life; lifetime",
          "text": "ealdordagas",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "life, the vital parts of the body"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
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          "life"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "eternal",
          "text": "ealdorlang",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "age, old age; eternity"
      ],
      "id": "en-ealdor-ang-noun-QK6GBvM8",
      "links": [
        [
          "age",
          "age"
        ],
        [
          "old",
          "old"
        ],
        [
          "eternity",
          "eternity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ͜ɑl.dor/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈæ͜ɑɫ.dor]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "aldor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ealder"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ealdor"
}
{
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    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English masculine a-stem nouns",
    "Old English masculine nouns",
    "Old English neuter a-stem nouns",
    "Old English neuter nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "West Saxon Old English",
    "ang:Family members"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ealdorlēas"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "alder"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: alder"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "ealdorman",
            "der": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Old English: ealdorman"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "alderman",
            "3": "aldermon"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: alderman, aldermon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: alderman, aldermon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
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          },
          "expansion": "English: alderman",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: alderman"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *aldr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*aldraz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *aldraz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldraz.",
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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    },
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      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
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    },
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      "form": "ealdor",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "ealdras",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "ealdor",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "ealdres",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdra",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdre",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ealdrum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "elder, parent, head of a family; senior man"
      ],
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        [
          "elder",
          "elder"
        ],
        [
          "parent",
          "parent"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family"
        ],
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          "senior",
          "senior"
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          "man",
          "man"
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        "West-Saxon",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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          "english": "chief-apostle",
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        },
        {
          "english": "arch-bishop",
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          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "supreme judge",
          "text": "ealdordēma",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chief, lord, leader, master"
      ],
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        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
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        [
          "lord",
          "lord"
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        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ],
        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ]
      ],
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        "West-Saxon",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "palace",
          "text": "ealdorbotl",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "throne",
          "text": "ealdorstōl",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prince, king"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prince",
          "prince"
        ],
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "author; source, origin, authority, derivation"
      ],
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        [
          "author",
          "author"
        ],
        [
          "source",
          "source"
        ],
        [
          "origin",
          "origin"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ],
        [
          "derivation",
          "derivation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ancestors"
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          "ancestor"
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        "(in the plural) ancestors"
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      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon",
        "in-plural",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "elder"
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        [
          "elder",
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        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "religious",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(religious) elder"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ͜ɑl.dor/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈæ͜ɑɫ.dor]"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "aldor"
    },
    {
      "word": "ealder"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Old English neuter nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
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        "4": "",
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    },
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    },
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdor",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdor",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ealdres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ealdrum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "5": "",
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        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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        "1": "ealdr",
        "nomsg": "ealdor"
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    },
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        "title": "",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "care of life",
          "text": "ealdorċearu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "destroyer of life",
          "text": "ealdorbana",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "destiny, fate; course of life",
          "text": "ealdorlegu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the days of ones life; lifetime",
          "text": "ealdordagas",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "life, the vital parts of the body"
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          "life"
        ]
      ],
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        "neuter"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "eternal",
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          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "age, old age; eternity"
      ],
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        [
          "age",
          "age"
        ],
        [
          "old",
          "old"
        ],
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          "eternity",
          "eternity"
        ]
      ],
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        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ͜ɑl.dor/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈæ͜ɑɫ.dor]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "aldor"
    },
    {
      "word": "ealder"
    }
  ],
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}

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