a. superl. Obs. or dial. [f. ALD old; see ALDER a. to which it belongs.]

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1205.  Layam., 6947. Þe aldeste hæhte Fulgenius [1250 Þe eldest]. Ibid., 2105. Þe ældeste broðer.

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1297.  R. Glouc., 233. Þe aldest hous al so.

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c. 1325.  E. E. Allit. P., B. 1333. Bolde Baltaȝar, watȝ his barn aldest. (Mod. Sc. auldest.)

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