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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(dialectal, now archaic) One's grandmother or other female ancestor, or one's mother-in-law..
Item I gyve vnto my eldmother his wyffe my wyffes froke and a read petticote and a smoke.
John Morpeth [...] saith that, on Sondaie last [...] the said John Robson said to the said Arthure, "Thou haiest a witch to thy eldmother[.]"
Use eldmother when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Eldmother means (dialectal, now archaic) One's grandmother or other female ancestor, or one's mother-in-law..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Item I gyve vnto my eldmother his wyffe my wyffes froke and a read petticote and a smoke.
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