Ealde-móder

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ealde-móder

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ealde-móder

a grandmother. Cf. eald, VI a :-- For mínes leófan fæder sáwle and for mínre ealdemódor for my dear father's soul and for my grandmother's, Cht. Th. 562, 27. Þone bule ðe wæs hire ealder-móder, 548, 8. [O. Frs. ald-móder (alde móder according to Richthofen is more correct than alde-móder).] ealde-moder

Runic Inscription

ᛠᛚᛞᛖ-ᛗᚩᛞᛖᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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