dial. form of HELDER, rather.
1857. E. Waugh, Lanc. Sk., 26, in Lanc. Gloss. (E. D. S.). One could elther manage we’t at th’ for-end o’ their days.
1874. Manch. Critic, 21 Feb. ibid. I’d elder see ’em wortchin for th’ next to nought nor see ’em doin nought.
