eldern
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eldern¹
Where it comes from
From Middle English eldern, eldrin, elderne, equivalent to elder + -en.
adjective more eldern · most eldern · eldren
- Elder; elderly; aged; old.
- Not new; old; ancient.
Similar: long in the tooth, wizened, cobwebby, olden
eldern²
Where it comes from
From an alteration (due to elder) of Middle English ellern (“eldern”), from Old English ellærn, ellarn (“of elder-wood, eldern”), equivalent to elder + -en.
adjective
- Made of elder wood, or of the elder tree. [T]ruth, a heauen he would diſcharge vs as boyes do elderne guns, one pellet to ſtrike out another: […]
