eldmother

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eldmother

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From Middle English eldmoder, from Old English eald mōdor (“grandmother”), equivalent to eld (“old”) + mother. Cognate with Scots eldmoder, eldmother (“mother-in-law”), Old Frisian aldemōder.

noun eldmothers · eldermother

archaic, dialectal One's grandmother or other female ancestor, or one's mother-in-law. Item I gyve vnto my eldmother his wyffe my wyffes froke and a read petticote and a smoke.

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@misc{eldmother_2026,
  title = {eldmother},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eldmother},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}