Alder

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 · 1889 · p. 4

sb. elder, ancestor, also, prince, chief, MD, PP; aldren , pl. , S; ælderen , S; elderne , S2; ealdren , MD; ealdrene , gen. , S.—AS. ealdor ( aldor ). See Ald .