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語源

Cognate with Old Frisian aldemōder.

名詞

eald mōdor f

1. grandmother

   Coordinate term: eald fæder

2. female ancestor

使用する際の注意点

• For further generations, ordinal numbers are used: þridde mōder (“great-grandmother”, literally “third mother”), fēorþe mōder (“great-great-grandmother”, literally “fourth mother”), and so on.

語形変化

See the declensions of eald and mōdor.

派生した語

• Middle English: eldmoder
  • English: eldmother
  • Scots: eldmoder, eldmother