yldra, compar. _older_: mîn yldra mæg, 468; yldra brôðor, 1325; ôð þät he (Heardrêd) yldra wearð, 2379. yldesta, superl. _oldest_, in the usual sense; dat. sg. þam yldestan, 2436; in a moral sense, _the most respected_: nom. sg. se yldesta, 258; acc. sg. þone yldestan, 363, both times of Beówulf. eald-fäder, st. m., _old-father, grandfather, ancestor_: nom. sg. 373. eald-gesegen, st. f., _traditions from old times_: gen. pl. eal-fela eald-gesegena, _very many of the old traditions_, 870. eald-gesîð, st. m., _companion ever since old times, courtier for many years_: nom. pl. eald-gesîðas, 854. eald-gestreón, st. n., _treasure out of the old times_: dat. pl. eald-gestreónum, 1382; gen. pl. -gestreóna, 1459. eald-gewinna, w. m., _old-enemy, enemy for many years_: nom. sg. of Grendel, 1777. eald-gewyrht, st. n., _merit on account of services rendered during many years_: nom. pl. þät næron eald-gewyrht, þät he âna scyle gnorn þrowian, _that has not been his desert ever since long ago, that he should bear the distress alone_, 2658. eald-hlâford, st. m., _lord through many years_: gen. sg. bill eald-hlâfordes (of the old Beówulf(?)), 2779. eald-metod, st. m., _God ruling ever since ancient times_: nom. sg. 946. ealdor, aldor, st. m., _lord, chief_ (king or powerful noble): nom. sg. ealdor, 1645, 1849, 2921; aldor, 56, 369, 392; acc. sg. aldor, 669; dat. sg. ealdre, 593; aldre, 346. ealdor, aldor, st. n., _life_: acc. sg. aldor, 1372; dat. sg. aldre, 1448, 1525; ealdre, 2600; him on aldre stôd herestræl hearda (in vitalibus), 1435; nalles for ealdre mearn, _was not troubled about his life_, 1443; of ealdre gewât, _went out of life, died_, 2625; as instr. aldre, 662, 681, etc.; ealdre, 1656, 2134, etc.; gen. sg. aldres, 823; ealdres, 2791, 2444; aldres orwêna, _despairing of life_, 1003, 1566; ealdres scyldig, _having forfeited life_, 1339, 2062; dat. pl. aldrum nêðdon, 510, 538.--Phrases: on aldre (_in life_), _ever_, 1780; tô aldre (_for life_), _always_, 2006, 2499; âwa tô aldre, _for ever and ever_, 956. ealdor-bealu, st. n., _life's evil_: acc. sg. þu ... ondrædan ne þearft ... aldorbealu eorlum, _thou needest not fear death for the courtiers_, 1677. ealdor-cearu, st. f., _trouble that endangers life, great trouble_: dat. sg. he his leódum wearð ... tô aldor-ceare, 907. ealdor-dagas, st. m. pl., _days of one's life_: dat. pl. næfre on aldor-dagum (_never in his life_), 719; on ealder-dagum ær (_in former days_), 758. ealdor-gedâl, st. n., _severing of life, death, end_: nom. sg. aldor-gedâl, 806. ealdor-gewinna, w. m., _life-enemy, one who strives to take his enemy's life_ (in N.H.G. the contrary conception, Tod-feind): nom. sg. ealdorgewinna (_the dragon_), 2904. ealdor-leás, adj., _without a ruler_(?): nom. pl. aldor-leáse, 15. ealdor-leás, adj., _lifeless, dead_: acc. sg. aldor-leásne, 1588; ealdor-leásne, 3004.