eald modor

== Old English == === Alternative forms === ealdmōdor, ealdemōdor === Etymology === Cognate with Old Frisian aldemōder. === Noun === eald mōdor f grandmother female ancestor ==== Usage notes ==== The word for "great grandmother" is þridde mōdor (literally “third mother”), "great-great grandmother" is fēorþe mōdor (literally “fourth mother”), and so on. ==== Declension ==== See the declensions of eald and mōdor. ==== Coordinate terms ==== eald fæder ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: eldmoder English: eldmother Scots: eldmoder, eldmother