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Edward the
Elder (870s? – 17 July 924) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 899
until his
death in 924. He was the
elder son of
Alfred the
Great and his wife...
- *-ist < PGmc *-istaz), as
compared to the base form – e.g. eald "old,"
ieldra "older,"
ieldest "oldest" (cf. "elder, eldest").
Throughout the
first class...
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Latin magnus to English. In Old English, the
prefixes ealde- (old) and
ieldra- (elder) were used (ealdefæder/-mōdor and ieldrafæder/-mōdor). A great-grandfather...
- form the
comparative and
superlative with i-umlaut,
namely eald ("old") →
ieldra, ieldest; ġeong ("young") → ġingra, ġinġest;
strang ("strong") → strengra...
- Łokietek) "~ the Elder":
Eadweard I of
England (Old English: Ēadweard se
Ieldra?)
Martin I of
Aragon Tarquin I (Latin:
Tarquinius Senior)
Mircea I of Wallachia...
- "geese" (West Saxon) +h,rC,lC
breaking ea ie *aldaz, aldizǫ̂ > eald "old",
ieldra "older" (cf. "elder"); *armaz > earm "arm"; Lat. arca > earc "arc"; *darniją...
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derivatives (fōda "food", fēdan "to feed");
comparative adjectives (eald "old",
ieldra "older, elder"). Many
echoes of i-mutation are
still present in the modern...
