单词 | eldmother |
释义 | † eldmothern. Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. A grandmother. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandmother eldmotherc1000 grandamc1225 good-dame1400 grandmother1424 beldamc1440 lucky1629 granny1659 grandmama1694 lucky minnie1755 grandma1772 grandmammy1789 gran1829 babushka1834 abuela1836 grandmom1860 grandmum1861 grammy1886 dadi1888 minnie1888 grams1893 bubbe1895 nana1899 gram1923 nanny1927 lola1934 abuelita1937 oma1948 nain1954 nan1955 makulu1980 omi1988 c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 173 Auia, ealde modor. a1300 Cursor Mundi 1189 Abel..had his eldmoder maiden-hede. c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 672 Hec auia, eldmoder. 2. (a) A mother-in-law. (b) A stepmother. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > [noun] > mother-in-law mother-in-lawa1382 eldmotherc1440 good-mother1491 mother-law1526 mother-of-law1538 mother1589 mother-on-law1670 mama-in-law1855 ma-in-law1899 mum-in-law1975 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 137 Eld modyr [King's Cambr. elmoder], socrus. 1519 Will of Robert Payne (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/19) f. 149v To Margaret Shelle myne Elmother, a melche neete. 1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados ii. viii. 112 Eldmoder to ane hunder, thare saw I Heccuba. 1571 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 352 I gyue vnto my eldmother his wyffe my wyffes froke. 1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 16 An Elmother. Cumb. A Step Mother. 1864 Whitby Gloss. Elmother, step-mother. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1000 |
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