单词 | ealdorman |
释义 | ealdormann. historical in later use. 1. In Anglo-Saxon England: a man who rules over a large area or a shire, usually subject to the king. Also used as a title placed immediately before (and in Old English also immediately after) a name.In Anglo-Saxon England, the word, in its widest sense, denotes a nobleman, of lower rank than a king but higher than a thegn, occasionally of royal birth, exercising authority over an identifiable area or people (cf. ealdordom n.). The precise political implications of the term changed over time.In early Anglo-Saxon England, the word could refer to persons of quasi-regal status as well as those of considerably lesser power. Later, esp. in 9th-cent. Wessex, the word developed a specific sense denoting the chief royal officer in a shire. As such, the term refers to an office conferred by the king rather than inherited by its holder. (Compare the development of the office of the shire-reeve or sheriff n., which subsequently replaced that of the ealdorman in some of its functions.) In the 10th cent., the power of ealdormen increased and often extended to several shires and even formerly independent kingdoms. As such, their rank was equivalent to that of earl (see earl n. 2), the distinction originally being that earls held power in the Danelaw. However, in the first half of the 11th cent., the rank of earl was generally extended to areas outside the Danelaw and replaced the rank of ealdorman. The terms ealdorman and earl are therefore partly synonymous, and in Old English historical sources they are to some extent used interchangeably (cf. quot. eOE2 and also quot. OE at ealdordom n. 1b).In Anglo-Saxon Latin sources, the rank corresponds to different Latin titles, including comes (see count n.2, comes n.) and praefectus prefect n., but is frequently and increasingly rendered by dux (see duke n.), which occasionally also occurs in this sense in English contexts. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > senior Anglo-Saxon official ealdormaneOE society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [noun] > noble person or man > exercising authority under king ealdormaneOE eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 495 Her cuomon twegen aldormen [lOE Laud ealdormen] on Bretene, Cerdic & Cynric his sunu, mid .v. scipum. eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 845 Ealchstan biscep & Osric aldorman [OE Tiber. B.iv dux, lOE Domitian A.viii eorl] mid Dornsætum gefuhton æt Pedridan muþan wiþ deniscne here. eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 893 Þa gegaderode Æþered ealdormon & Æþelm ealdorman & Æþelnoþ ealdorman & þa cinges þegnas þe þa æt ham æt þæm geweorcum wæron. OE Laws of Edgar (Nero A.i) iii. v. §2. 202 Þær beo on ðære scire biscop & se ealdorman, & þær ægðer tæcan ge Godes riht ge woruldriht. lOE Charter: Bp. Æðelwold to Ælfwine (Sawyer 1376) in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 110 Ðonne wes ðises gehwerfes to gewitnesse Eadward cining & Aþelwold biscop & Æþælmær ealdorman & Æþelgar abbod. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1036 Sume men sædon be Harolde þet he wære Cnutes sunu cynges & Ælfgiue Ælfelmes dohtor ealdormannes. c1175 ( Leges Edwardi Confessoris: Version 3 (Paris) xxxii. §3 in F. Liebermann Gesetze der Angelsachsen (1903) I. 655 Sicut modo uocantur greue qui super alios prefecturas habent, ita apud Anglos antiquitus uocabantur alderman, quasi seniores, non propter senectutem.., sed propter sapientiam. a1300 (?OE) Royal Charter: Edward the Confessor to Waltham Abbey (Sawyer 1036) in J. M. Kemble Codex Diplomaticus (1846) IV. 158 Ærest in Angrices burne to ealdermannes hæcce to ðær cynges hæcce. 1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 33 Brightnothus, aldermanne, erle, or duke, of northumberlande. a1601 W. Lambarde Archion (1635) 246 Before the divisions of the Realmes into Shirs, every large territory had an Alderman, or Governour. 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor ii. iii. 218 The Bishop of the Diocesse and Ealdorman usd to sit in the Turne. 1696 J. Tyrrell Gen. Hist. Eng. I. v. 262 At which Agreement Burherd King of the Mercians..was present..with divers other Bishops, Abbots and Ealdormen. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. to Henry VII I. App. i. 93 The Aldermen, or governors of counties, who after the Danish times, were often called Earls. 1771 J. Bentham Hist. & Antiq. Church of Ely I. 83 He is styled by different Historians, Alderman, Dux, and Comes. 1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. (new ed.) I. 76 After the Danish conquest, the title of Ealdorman was changed for that of Earl. 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iii. 75 The chieftains of the first settlers in our island bore no higher title than Ealdorman or Heretoga. 1887 G. P. Fisher Hist. Christian Church iv. ii. 155 In England separate councils were held, at which princes and ealdormen were present. 1906 J. A. Fairlie Local Govt. in Counties, Towns, & Villages i. i. 5 The ealdorman represented the extinct royalty in the earlier kingdoms. 1955 G. Smith Constit. & Legal Hist. Eng. ii. 20 Before the Norman Conquest, the pillars of government and law in the shires were the ealdorman or earl, the sheriff, and the bishop. 1978 P. Montagu-Smith in R. Buckle U & non-U Revisited 23 There are 200 or so Earls, representing by far the oldest grade of the peerage, with a history going back to the pre-Conquest Ealdormans. 2009 Tamworth Herald (Nexis) 17 Dec. She was married to Aethelred, the Ealdorman of West Mercia, the only part of the once mighty Kingdom of Mercia that had not fallen into Danish hands. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > senior ealdormanOE seniorc1380 elder1382 seneka1400 ancient1534 OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: John ii. 8 Haurite nunc et ferte archetriclino : birleð uel dæleð nu uel sona & brengeð ðæm aldormen [OE West Saxon Gospels: Corpus Cambr. þære drihte ealdre]. OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xx. 25 Ealdormenn [L. principes] wealdað hyra þeoda & þa ðe synt yldran habbað anweald on him. OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) xc. 128 Ðas wyrte þe man millefoliu[m] & on ure geþeode gearwe nemneþ, ys sæd þæt Achilles se ealdorman hy findan scolde. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 14061 Son se þatt brid gume comm Þatt allderrmann himm seȝȝde. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 712 Numbert hehte þe alder-mon [c1300 Otho þe man] þe sculde þas ernde don. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 313 Tiberius..exilede [many of þe] aldermen [i.e. of the senators]. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 9 Aldyrmann, Aldirmannus, senior. a1557 J. Cheke tr. Gospel St. Matthew (1843) xxvii. 1 Al ye hedpriestes and ye aldermen of ye people, took councel again Jesus. c1600 (?c1395) Pierce Ploughman's Crede (Trin. Cambr. R.3.15) l. 691 Aungells & Arcangells..And alle Aldermen þat bene ante tronum. 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. i. i. 9 The councell of estate should belong to the old, and ancient, who for their authoritie should be called Fathers, and for their antiquitie, Senators, or Aldermen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOE |
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