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

by J. R. Clark Hall

[ ealdorlic] ‘principalis,’ chief, princely, excellent: authentic. adv. -līce.

[ ealdorlicnes] f. authority, CP.

[ ealdormann] (o³) [v. LL 2·359] m. ‘alderman,’ ruler, prince, chief, nobleman of the highest rank, high civil or religious officer, chief officer of a shire, Chr; Æ, AO, CP: as trans. of foreign titles, JnL, Mt.

[ ealdorneru] † f. life’s preservation, safety, refuge.

[ ealdorsācerd] m. high priest.

[ ealdorscipe] m. seniority, headship, supremacy, sovereignty, Æ.

[ ealdorstōl] m. throne, Rim 23.

[ ealdorðegn] † m. chief attendant, retainer, distinguished courtier, chieftain.

[ ealdorwisa] (a¹) m. chief, Gen 1237.

[ ealdoð] (ald-aht, -ot) vessel, Gl.