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eld
- /ɛld/
Rhymes with -ɛld
Where it comes from
From Middle English elde, from Old English ieldu, eldo, ieldo (“age, period of time; period; time of life, years; mature or old age, eld; an age of the world, era, epoch”), from Proto-West Germanic *aldī, from Proto-Germanic *alþį̄ (“eld, age”), from *aldaz (“grown up, mature, old”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (“to raise, feed”).
Cognate with Scots eild (“age”), North Frisian jelde (“age”), German Älte (“age”), Danish ælde (“eld, age”), Icelandic elli (“eld, age”). Related also to Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍃 (alds, “generation, age”), Old English alan (“to grow up, nourish”). More at old.
noun elth · eild · eeld · ild · yeeld
- One's age, age in years, period of life. A forlyued cok leiþ eiren in his laste elde... and ȝif any venemous worme sittiþ on broode þerevppon in þe canyculer dayes, þerof is igendrid... a cocatrice.
- Old age, senility; an old person. Dotard, (ſaide he) let be thy deepe aduiſe; Seemes that through many yeares thy wits thee faile, And that weake eld hath left thee nothing wiſe, Els neuer ſhould thy iudgement be ſo frayle, To meaſure manhood by the ſword or mayle.
- Time; an age, an indefinitely long period of time.
- Former ages, antiquity, olden times. The ship and all in it are imbued with the spirit of Eld. The crew glide to and fro like the ghosts of buried centuries ...
adjective elder · eldest · elth · eild · eeld · ild
- Old.
verb elds · elding · elded · elth · eild
- To age, become or grow old.
- To delay; linger.
- To make old, age.
Similar: procrastinate
