Alder \Al"der\ ([add]l"d[~e]r), Aller \Al"ler\ ([add]l"l[~e]r),
a. [From ealra, alra, gen. pl. of AS. eal. The d is
excrescent.]
Of all; -- used in composition; as, alderbest, best of all,
alderwisest, wisest of all. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Aller \Al"ler\, a. [For ealra, the AS. gen. pl. of eal all.]
Same as Alder, of all. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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