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▪ I. eldern, a.|ˈɛldən|
Also 3 (Orm.) elldern, eldrin, 7–8 Sc. eldren, 8 elderin.
[f. elder a. + -en. In quot. 1839 prob. a new formation.]
†1. Elderly. Obs. exc. Sc.
c1200Ormin 1213 Ȝiff þu..hafesst ȝet..tohh þu be ȝung, Elldernemanness late. Ibid. 1235. 1611 Hudson Judith 49 (Jam.) The tree bends his eldren braunch That way where first the stroke hath made him launch. 1739A. Nicol Poems 73 (Jam.) The eldern men sat down their lane, To wet their throats within. 1768Ross Helenore 68 (Jam.) Colin and Lindy..The ane an elderin man, the niest a lad. 1790A. Wilson To E. Picken, Aneath some spreading eldren thorn. 1818Scott Rob Roy xxxiv, His Excellency is a thought eldern.
2. Old, belonging to earlier times. arch.
a1300Cursor M. (Gött. MS.) 18016 Mine eldrin folk of iuen lede Haue i [Satan] done rise againes him. a1400[implied in eldernly adv.]. 1839Darley Introd. Beaum. & Fletch. Wks. I. 26 Our eldern dramatist was a decided poet, which our modern was not.
Hence † ˈeldernly, adv. [see -ly2], of old time.
a1400in Eng. Gilds. (1870) 352 Þat þe chalouns þat eldernlyche hadde y-set, so halde here a-syse.
▪ II. eldern, a.2|ˈɛldən|
[f. elder n.1 + -en.
For apparent examples in 17th c. (probably to be referred to the attrib. use of eldern = elder n.1) see elder n.1 3.]
Made of elder.
1842Akerman Wiltsh. Gloss. (E.D.S.). 1847in Halliw. 1875Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. s.v., An eldern stake and blackthorn ether Will make a hedge to last for ever. |