Eldmother
noun
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Noun
- 1 One's grandmother or other female ancestor, or one's mother-in-law. archaic, dialectal
"Item I gyve vnto my eldmother his wyffe my wyffes froke and a read petticote and a smoke."
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More examples"Item I gyve vnto my eldmother his wyffe my wyffes froke and a read petticote and a smoke."
Etymology
From Middle English eldmoder, from Old English eald mōdor (“grandmother”), equivalent to eld (“old”) + mother. Cognate with Scots eldmoder, eldmother (“mother-in-law”), Old Frisian aldemōder.
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