noun
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old age
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olden days; antiquity
Etymology
Origin of eld
before 1000; Middle English elde, Old English eldo, ieldo, derivative of ( e ) ald old; see world
Vocabulary lists containing eld
Example Sentences
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"Before, this fi eld couldn't fill even one granary," he said.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 28, 2011
I believe in the eld theory of supply and demand.
From Time Magazine Archive
Children wandered the twisty alleys and found eld bronze coins and bits of purple glass and stone flagons with handles carved like snakes.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Vanity, gluttony, the scheming intrigues of eld, may not be nice things, but they are common to the whole human race.
From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by George Saintsbury
Still thou speakest with thy children Freely as in eld sublime; Humbleness, and love, and patience, Still give empire over time.
From Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by James Russell Lowell
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