alder-

• aller-, allur-, aldyr-, alther-

Inherited from Middle English alder-, from Old English ealra, genitive plural of eall (“all”). Compare German aller-, Dutch aller-, Old Norse allra. For the epenthetic /d/, compare with the development of unrelated alder.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːldə/

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  • (without the cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɔldɚ/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɑldɚ/

alder-

1. (obsolete) Of all; having the greatest degree of something, prefixed to superlative adjectives and adverbs.

   ‎alder- + ‎liefest → ‎alderliefest (“dearest of all”)

   ‎alder- + ‎best → ‎alderbest (“best of all”)

• The prefix was already no longer in common use in Early Modern English and in later use mainly found in alderliefest as an epithet.

• Leard, lared, Adler, Radle, Radel, lader, Alred, Eldar

alder-

1. Obsolete form of aller-.