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alder-liefest

alder-liefest is the alternative spelling of alderliefest.

Meaning of alderliefest

Adjective

alderliefest (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, obsolete) Often used as an epithet when addressing someone: most beloved.
    • VVith you mine Alder liefeſt Soueraigne, / Makes me the bolder to ſalute my King, / VVith ruder termes, ſuch as my vvit affoords, / And ouer ioy of heart doth miniſter.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about alder-liefest

What is alder-liefest the alternative spelling of?
Alder-liefest is the alternative spelling of alderliefest.

Words near alder-liefest in the dictionary

  1. alder carrs
  2. alder moth
  3. alder moths
  4. Alder's razor
  5. alder-
  6. alder-liefest
  7. Alder.
  8. Alderamin
  9. alderbest
  10. Alderbury
  11. aldercap

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