fore-eldersn.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːrˌɛldəz/, U.S.

/ˈfɔrˌɛldərz/

Forms: For forms see elder n.¹

Etymology: < fore- prefix + elder n.³ 1a. Compare Old Norse foreldrar in same sense (Danish forældre, Swedish föräldrar parents).

Chiefly northern.

With plural agreement. Ancestors, progenitors.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > ancestor > [noun] > collectively

fatherOE

forthfatherc1000

eldringsc1300

lineage13..

ancestry?a1400

fore-eldersa1400

ancestory1642

majority1646

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18362 Þou has þam drund and don forfare, Als þou til ur for-eildres suare.

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. ix. xvii. 6 As þare For-elderis ware slane to Dede.

1525 Queen Margaret of Scotl. in M. A. E. Wood Lett. Royal & Illustrious Ladies (1852) I. 372 They may..live under him as his subjects, as their foreelders has done in time past.

1627 R. Sanderson Serm. I. 265 Our Romish catholicks often twit us with our fore-elders. What, say they, were they not all down-right papists?

1710 W. Nicolson in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 359 Principles on which their fore-elders built the gude wark of reformation.

1843 Foreign & Colonial Q. Rev. 2 349 The former must have been visited by the fore-elders of mankind earlier than Egypt.

1876 Mr. Gray & his Neighbours I. 26 John Dannay lived upon his own lands as his fore-elders had done from time immemorial.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fore-elders
释义	fore-eldersn. Brit. /ˈfɔːrˌɛldəz/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌɛldərz/ Forms: For forms see elder n.¹ Etymology: < fore- prefix + elder n.³ 1a. Compare Old Norse foreldrar in same sense (Danish forældre, Swedish föräldrar parents). Chiefly northern. With plural agreement. Ancestors, progenitors. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > ancestor > [noun] > collectively fatherOE forthfatherc1000 eldringsc1300 lineage13.. ancestry?a1400 fore-eldersa1400 ancestory1642 majority1646 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18362 Þou has þam drund and don forfare, Als þou til ur for-eildres suare. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. ix. xvii. 6 As þare For-elderis ware slane to Dede. 1525 Queen Margaret of Scotl. in M. A. E. Wood Lett. Royal & Illustrious Ladies (1852) I. 372 They may..live under him as his subjects, as their foreelders has done in time past. 1627 R. Sanderson Serm. I. 265 Our Romish catholicks often twit us with our fore-elders. What, say they, were they not all down-right papists? 1710 W. Nicolson in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 359 Principles on which their fore-elders built the gude wark of reformation. 1843 Foreign & Colonial Q. Rev. 2 349 The former must have been visited by the fore-elders of mankind earlier than Egypt. 1876 Mr. Gray & his Neighbours I. 26 John Dannay lived upon his own lands as his fore-elders had done from time immemorial. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400
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