Eldmother

Quick meaning: Eldmother is a noun meaning (dialectal, now archaic) One's grandmother or other female ancestor, or one's mother-in-law.

Meaning

(dialectal, now archaic) One's grandmother or other female ancestor, or one's mother-in-law.

Example Sentences

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[.]"

Word Forms

• eldmothers
• eldermother

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include grandma'am, mamaw, mother, grand-mother, great-grandmother, eldfather.

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