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单词 alderelde
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alderelden.

Brit. /ˈɔːldərɛld/, /ˈɒldərɛld/, U.S. /ˈɔldərɛld/, /ˈɑldərɛld/
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, eld n.2
Etymology: < a first element of uncertain origin (perhaps alder- prefix, used as a simple intensifier (compare alder- prefix 2), after alder-eldest at alder- prefix 1b; or perhaps alder , west midland variant of elder adj. (compare discussion at older adj. and n., and see note)) + eld n.2The dialect of MS Vespasian D.vii of the Surtees Psalter (see quot. a1400) is usually characterized as northern, but the precise provenance of the manuscript in the region of Barnoldswick in the West Riding of Yorkshire not far from the Lancashire border makes plausible the appearance of a typically west midland form like alder elder adj., if it is not simply to be interpreted as the result of general influence of the (predominantly west midland) vocabulary of alliterative verse. Apparently revived as an archaism in the 19th cent.
Now archaic and literary.
Extreme old age; a life of many years.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [noun]
eld971
old agec1330
agec1380
last agea1382
oldc1385
aldereldea1400
winterc1425
vilessec1430
annosityc1450
senectute1481
the black ox1546
golden years1559
years1561
great1587
afterlife1589
setting sun1597
antiquity1600
chair-daysa1616
the vale of yearsa1616
grandevity1623
green old age1634
eldship1647
senioritya1688
the other side of the hill1691
the decline of life1711
senectude1756
senility1791
senectitude1796
post-climacteric1826
Anno Domini1885
senium1911
golden age1946
a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) lxx. 19 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 202 (MED) In vnelde and alderelde [L. in senectam et senium], God, ne forlete [me] in vnwelde.
1889 ‘M. Corelli’ Ardath I. i. ii. 30 Though my actual years are but thirty, I feel an alder-elde of accumulated centuries upon me.
1992 N. V. Berberick Child of Elvish xiv. 105 Because this alder-elde the Seven have given me—this long, long living—does not have to do with whether or not I eat or drink. I still go on.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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