† elder-fathern.

Forms: early Old English aeldra faeder, Old English eldra fæder, Old English eldre fæder, Old English ieldra fæder, Old English ildra fæder, Old English yldra fæder, Old English yldre fæder, early Middle English eldre feder (south-west midlands), Middle English aldurfaþur (west midlands), Middle English eldere fadir, Middle English elder-ffadres (plural).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: elder adj., father n.

Etymology: < elder adj. + father n. Compare eldfather n.In Old English the first element is usually treated as a normal adjective inflected for case and number; occasional instances in which the first element is uninflected, ending in -e (compare Old English -e- connective, in e.g. ealdefæder eldfather n.), may show a true compound (compare quot. OE¹). For a full discussion of forms of the first element see elder adj. and n.³

Obsolete.

A grandfather. Also: a forefather, an ancestor. Cf. eldfather n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > ancestor > [noun]

elder-fathereOE

fatherOE

elder971

alderOE

eldfatherOE

forme-fadera1200

ancestorc1300

grandsirec1300

aiela1325

belsirea1325

predecessora1325

forefather1377

morea1382

progenitorc1384

antecessorc1400

forn-fatherc1460

forebear1488

ancient1540

antecestrec1550

fore-grandsirec1550

grandfather1575

ascendant1604

forerunnera1616

ancienter1654

tupuna1845

eOE Corpus Gloss. (1890) 22/1 Auus, aeldrafaeder.

eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 350 Per atauos, þurh ildran fæderas.

eOE Will of Wulfgar (Sawyer 1533) in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 52 Ic wille þæt Æffe feormige of þæm þrim dælum æt Ingepenne þa Godes þeowas æt Cynetanbyrig þrie dagas on twelf monþum, ænne dæg for me, oþerne for minne fæder, þriddan for minne ieldran fæder.

OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 114 Propatruus meus, mines fæderan eldre fæder.

OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) ii. viii. 117 Þær wæs sumre neahcyrican mæssepreost.., se wæs Florenties yldrafæder [L. avus] ures subdiacones.

a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 23 (MED) Adam, ure eldre feder, us forgulte erest in to helle.

c1390 (c1350) Proprium Sanctorum in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1888) 81 320 (MED) Þat ilke wei wente ful euene vr elder-ffadres to heiȝ heuene.

c1450 (c1350) Alexander & Dindimus (Bodl.) (1929) l. 1050 Þin aldurfaþur, Alixandre, al þis haþ used.

c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 81 (MED) Þi sones..þey be..printes and as exsaumpleres Bothe of theire eldere fadir and of the.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	elder-father
释义	† elder-fathern. Forms: early Old English aeldra faeder, Old English eldra fæder, Old English eldre fæder, Old English ieldra fæder, Old English ildra fæder, Old English yldra fæder, Old English yldre fæder, early Middle English eldre feder (south-west midlands), Middle English aldurfaþur (west midlands), Middle English eldere fadir, Middle English elder-ffadres (plural). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: elder adj., father n. Etymology: < elder adj. + father n. Compare eldfather n.In Old English the first element is usually treated as a normal adjective inflected for case and number; occasional instances in which the first element is uninflected, ending in -e (compare Old English -e- connective, in e.g. ealdefæder eldfather n.), may show a true compound (compare quot. OE¹). For a full discussion of forms of the first element see elder adj. and n.³ Obsolete. A grandfather. Also: a forefather, an ancestor. Cf. eldfather n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > ancestor > [noun] elder-fathereOE fatherOE elder971 alderOE eldfatherOE forme-fadera1200 ancestorc1300 grandsirec1300 aiela1325 belsirea1325 predecessora1325 forefather1377 morea1382 progenitorc1384 antecessorc1400 forn-fatherc1460 forebear1488 ancient1540 antecestrec1550 fore-grandsirec1550 grandfather1575 ascendant1604 forerunnera1616 ancienter1654 tupuna1845 eOE Corpus Gloss. (1890) 22/1 Auus, aeldrafaeder. eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 350 Per atauos, þurh ildran fæderas. eOE Will of Wulfgar (Sawyer 1533) in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 52 Ic wille þæt Æffe feormige of þæm þrim dælum æt Ingepenne þa Godes þeowas æt Cynetanbyrig þrie dagas on twelf monþum, ænne dæg for me, oþerne for minne fæder, þriddan for minne ieldran fæder. OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 114 Propatruus meus, mines fæderan eldre fæder. OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) ii. viii. 117 Þær wæs sumre neahcyrican mæssepreost.., se wæs Florenties yldrafæder [L. avus] ures subdiacones. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 23 (MED) Adam, ure eldre feder, us forgulte erest in to helle. c1390 (c1350) Proprium Sanctorum in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1888) 81 320 (MED) Þat ilke wei wente ful euene vr elder-ffadres to heiȝ heuene. c1450 (c1350) Alexander & Dindimus (Bodl.) (1929) l. 1050 Þin aldurfaþur, Alixandre, al þis haþ used. c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 81 (MED) Þi sones..þey be..printes and as exsaumpleres Bothe of theire eldere fadir and of the. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.eOE
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