Ildest
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ildest
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ildest
- Add: I. eldest :-- Seó mǣgd āsprang of Nōes eltstan suna, Hml. Th. i. 24, 7. II. chief. (l) as adjective :-- Yldest burhwara proceres vel primores vel primarii, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 40. Ðæt ieldesde setl on gemētengum hī sēcad, Past. 27, 8. Þā yldestan cāseras Aggusti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 18. (2) as substantive, a chief person :-- Sē de eówer yltst sȳ. Mt. 23, II. Clypa tō þē þā yltstan of Israhēla folce, Ex. 17, 5.