aldre

See also: äldre

Danish

Noun

aldre c

1. indefinite plural of alder

Middle English

Alternative forms

• alder, aldur, aldyr, aleyre, aller, alre, althir
• (early) olr

Etymology

Inherited from Old English alor, from Proto-West Germanic *aliʀu, from Proto-Germanic *alizō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis-; the final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique forms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal(d)ər/, /ˈal(d)rə/

Noun

aldre

1. An alder (tree of the genus Alnus)

Descendants

• English: alder
• Scots: aller

References

• “alder, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• aldere, aldrer

Noun

aldre m

1. indefinite plural of alder

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑl.dre/, [ˈɑɫ.dre]

Noun

aldre

1. dative singular of aldor