eldern

English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• eldren

Adjective

eldern (comparative more eldern, superlative most eldern)

1. (of persons) Elder; elderly; aged; old.
2. (of things) Not new; old.

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

eldern (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Made of elder.

   He would discharge us as boys do eldern guns. — Marston.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.