eld

[eld]

noun

Archaic.

1. age.

2. old age.

3. antiquity.

eld

/ ɛld /

noun

1. old age

2. olden days; antiquity

Word History and Origins

Origin of eld¹

before 1000; Middle English elde, Old English eldo, ieldo, derivative of ( e ) ald old; world

Word History and Origins

Origin of eld¹

Old English eldu; related to Old Norse elli; see _old

Example Sentences

“Well, she is eld,” Fern pointed out to me.

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Children wandered the twisty alleys and found eld bronze coins and bits of purple glass and stone flagons with handles carved like snakes.

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So oft as they are fed therefrom with fruit for sustenance, they shall say, 'This same was our sustenance of eld!'

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I couldn't think of nothing to say but just 'Not at 'Ome,' and out of 'abit like I 'eld the tray.

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And again, “So eld she was that she ne went A foote, but it were by potent.”

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