[ ±ealdian] (a) to grow old, Jn; Æ. [‘eld,’ ‘old’]
[ ealdland] n. land which has been long untilled? (BT), ancestral property? (Earle), EC 32714.
[ ealdlandrǣden] f. established law of landed property, LL 448[4,6] (or ? two words, BT).
[ ealdlic] old, venerable, Æ.
[ ealdnes] f. old age, Æ. [‘eldness,’ ‘oldness’]
[ ealdor] (a) I. m. elder, parent, BH, Gen. pl. ancestors: civil or religious authority, chief, leader, master, lord, prince, king, Æ: source: primitive, ÆGr. [[eald]; ‘alder’]
[II.] n(f?) (†) life, vital part: (†) age, old age: eternity. on ealdre tō ealdre for ever, always. āwa tō ealdre, tō widan ealdre for ever and ever. [Ger. alter]
[ ealdorapostol] (a) m. chief apostle, BH 3147.
[ ealdorbana] (a1) m. life-destroyer, Gen 1033.
[ ealdorbealu] † n. life-bale, death.