ETYMOLOGY
Old English (West Saxon) ealdmodor,
from eald (eld old) + mother
EXAMPLE
“…þis es þat man men sais was born
Bath his fader and moder be-forn.
He had his eldmoder maiden-hede,
And at his erthing all lede…”
From: Cursor Mundi (The cursur o the world)
A Northumbrian poem of the XIVth century
a1300
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