A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary / For the Use of Students

by J. R. Clark Hall

[ ealdorbiscop] m. chief bishop, archbishop, Æ: high-priest, Æ.

[ ealdor-bold], -botl n. palace, mansion, BH.

[ ealdorburg] f. metropolis.

[ ealdorcearu] (a¹) f. great sorrow, B 906.

[ ealdordæg] † m. day of life.

[ ealdordēma] (a¹) †m. chief judge, prince.

[ ealdordeofol] m. chief of the devils, NC 282.

[ ealdordōm] m. power, lordship, rule, dominion, authority, magistracy, PPs; Æ, AO, CP: superiority, preeminence: beginning? Jul 190. [‘alderdom’]

[ ealdordōmlic] ‘principalis,’ EPs.

[ ealdordōmscipe]? m. office of alderman, Chr 983c.