† eldfathern.

Forms: Old English ealdfæder, Middle English aldevader, Middle English aldfader, eldefader, edl(e-, eeldefadir, Middle English eldfader, eldfadyre, elfadyr, 1500s elfader, eldefather.

Etymology: Old English (West Saxon) ealdfæder , < eald, eld adj., old adj., + father n.; compare Old Saxon, Old Frisian aldfader , Old High German altfater , modern German altvater patriarch, ancestor. The occurrence in northern dialects of the forms with eld- (as if from West Saxon eald ) has not been accounted for. Compare eldmother n.Sense 2 does not occur in the other Germanic languages; the form elfadyr has given rise to a suggestion that it is a distinct word, < Old English ęl- other; but this is against the evidence of the older forms.

Obsolete.

1. A grandfather; a forefather in general.

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

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

mother-fathereOE

eldfatherOE

grandsirec1300

aiela1325

belsirea1325

grandfather1424

belfatherc1440

goodsire?c1450

fore-grandsire1513

gutcher1523

granfer1564

granddaddy1648

grandpapa1680

grandada1699

grandad1764

grandpa?1785

grandpappy1857

grandpop1860

abuelo1876

dada1888

gramp1890

grampy1904

lolo1934

gramps1935

zayde1946

opa1948

opi1988

OE Beowulf 373 Wæs his ealdfæder Ecgþeo haten.

c1000 Ælfric Genesis xv. 15 Þu soþlice forþfærst..to þinum ealdfæderum.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15478 He wes Mærwales fader Mildburȝe alde-uader.

c1325 Metr. Hom. 122 Hir aldfader cal I Adam.

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. iv. 40 Þer shineþ þe lyknesse of þe witte of hir fadir and of hir eldefadir.

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. viii. 230 Oure Kyng of Scotland, Dawy..Wes eld-fadyre til oure kyng Willame.

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 23 Sarugh, whech was eldfader to Abraham.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 694 Eftir his gude eld-fadir [1489 Adv. eldfader] [he] was Callit robert.

2. A father-in-law.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > [noun] > father-in-law

eldfatherc1200

father-in-lawa1382

father-law1445

good-father1488

law-father1582

law's father1593

stepfathera1640

dad-in-law1694

papa-in-law1821

pa-in-law1840

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 165 Nis þe gist siker of þe husebonde . ne þe aldefader of his oðem.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5730 Moyses..was sett to kepe All his eildfader scepe.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 137 Elfadyr, socer.

1510 Will of Watter Bakeber (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/16) f. 209 To be bestowed at the mind of myn elfader.

1634 W. H. D. Longstaffe Acts High Comm. Court Durham (1858) 17 (note) In the parish Church of St. Nicholas as neare my eld-father, Charles Slingsbye..as possible may be.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	eldfather
释义	† eldfathern. Forms: Old English ealdfæder, Middle English aldevader, Middle English aldfader, eldefader, edl(e-, eeldefadir, Middle English eldfader, eldfadyre, elfadyr, 1500s elfader, eldefather. Etymology: Old English (West Saxon) ealdfæder , < eald, eld adj., old adj., + father n.; compare Old Saxon, Old Frisian aldfader , Old High German altfater , modern German altvater patriarch, ancestor. The occurrence in northern dialects of the forms with eld- (as if from West Saxon eald ) has not been accounted for. Compare eldmother n.Sense 2 does not occur in the other Germanic languages; the form elfadyr has given rise to a suggestion that it is a distinct word, < Old English ęl- other; but this is against the evidence of the older forms. Obsolete. 1. A grandfather; a forefather in general. 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 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandfather mother-fathereOE eldfatherOE grandsirec1300 aiela1325 belsirea1325 grandfather1424 belfatherc1440 goodsire?c1450 fore-grandsire1513 gutcher1523 granfer1564 granddaddy1648 grandpapa1680 grandada1699 grandad1764 grandpa?1785 grandpappy1857 grandpop1860 abuelo1876 dada1888 gramp1890 grampy1904 lolo1934 gramps1935 zayde1946 opa1948 opi1988 OE Beowulf 373 Wæs his ealdfæder Ecgþeo haten. c1000 Ælfric Genesis xv. 15 Þu soþlice forþfærst..to þinum ealdfæderum. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15478 He wes Mærwales fader Mildburȝe alde-uader. c1325 Metr. Hom. 122 Hir aldfader cal I Adam. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. iv. 40 Þer shineþ þe lyknesse of þe witte of hir fadir and of hir eldefadir. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. viii. 230 Oure Kyng of Scotland, Dawy..Wes eld-fadyre til oure kyng Willame. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 23 Sarugh, whech was eldfader to Abraham. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 694 Eftir his gude eld-fadir [1489 Adv. eldfader] [he] was Callit robert. 2. A father-in-law. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > [noun] > father-in-law eldfatherc1200 father-in-lawa1382 father-law1445 good-father1488 law-father1582 law's father1593 stepfathera1640 dad-in-law1694 papa-in-law1821 pa-in-law1840 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 165 Nis þe gist siker of þe husebonde . ne þe aldefader of his oðem. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5730 Moyses..was sett to kepe All his eildfader scepe. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 137 Elfadyr, socer. 1510 Will of Watter Bakeber (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/16) f. 209 To be bestowed at the mind of myn elfader. 1634 W. H. D. Longstaffe Acts High Comm. Court Durham (1858) 17 (note) In the parish Church of St. Nicholas as neare my eld-father, Charles Slingsbye..as possible may be. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.OE
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