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† ˈeldmother Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: 1 (WS.) ealdmódor, 3–6 eldmoder, 5–9 elmother, 6– eldmother.
[OE. (WS.) ealdmódor, f. eald, eld a., old + mother. Cf. OFris. aldmóder, aldemóder; and see eldfather.]
1. A grandmother.
c1000ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 173 Auia, ealde modor. a1300Cursor M. 1189 Abel..had his eldmoder maiden-hede. c1425Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 672 Hec auia, eldmoder.
2. a. A mother-in-law. b. A stepmother.
c1440Promp. Parv. 137 Eld modyr [K elmoder], socrus. 1513Douglas æneis ii. ix. (viii.) 112 Eldmoder to ane hundreth thair saw I Hecuba. 1519Will of R. Payne (Somerset Ho.) To Margaret Shelle myne Elmother, a melche neete. 1571Wills & Inv. N.C. (1835) I. 352, I gyue vnto my eldmother his wyffe my wyffes froke. 1674Ray N.C. Words 16 An Elmother. Cumb. A Step Mother. 1864Whitby Gloss., Elmother, step-mother. |