eldern meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

eldern

adj

Etymology From Middle English eldern, eldrin, elderne, equivalent to elder + -en.

Of persons Elder; elderly; aged; old.

Of things Not new; old; ancient.

Synonyms: aged, long in the tooth, wizened, cobwebby, olden

eldern

adj

Etymology From an alteration (due to elder) of Middle English ellern (“eldern”), from Old English ellærn, ellarn (“of elder-wood, eldern”), equivalent to elder + -en.

Obsolete Made of elder wood, or of the elder tree.

[T]ruth, a heauen he would diſcharge vs as boyes do elderne guns, one pellet to ſtrike out another: […]c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iv: