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aldern, a. and n.|ˈɔːldən|
Also 1 ælren, 3 allerne, 5 alloren.
[f. alder n.1 + -en. Its subst. use is prob. due to comb. like aldern-tree; but there may have been a confusion with elder, eldern.]
A. adj. Of alder.
1001Cod. Dipl. III. 316 To þam ælrenan stobbe. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. 684 The pine tre, and alloren tree..deep under þe grounde dureþ and lesteþ longe tyme. 1622May Virgil (J.) Then aldern boats first plow'd the ocean.
B. n. = alder n.1
c1250W. de Biblesworth in Wright Voc. 171 Coupet de aunne (of allerne). 1607Topsell Four-footed Beasts (1673) 220 If the right eye of a Hedge-hog be fryed with the oil of Alderne or Linseed, and put in a vessel of red brasse, and afterward anoint his eyes therewith, as with an eye-salve, he shall see as well in the dark as in the light. |