Definition 2024
eald-
eald-
Old English
Alternative forms
Prefix
eald-
- Prefix meaning old, ancient, or elder; from ancient times
- ealdwīf "an old woman"
- ealdriht "ancient right"
- ealdsprǣċ "history; proverb, byspel"
- ealdwrītere "writer of ancient history, antiquarian"
- ealdwearg "accursed from ancient times"
- original
- Ealdseaxan "the continental Saxons"
