GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 4 definitions

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   Eld , a. [AS. eald.] Old. [Obs.]
   Chaucer.
   
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   Eld, n. [AS. yldu, yldo, eldo, old age, fr. ald, eald, old. See Old.]
   Age; esp., old age. [Obs. or Archaic]
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   As sooth is said, eelde hath great avantage.
   Chaucer.
   
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   Great Nature, ever young, yet full of eld.
   Spenser.
   
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   Old times; former days; antiquity. [Poetic]
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   Astrologers and men of eld.
   Longfellow.
   
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3.       
   Eld, v. i. To age; to grow old. [Obs.]
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4.       
   Eld, v. t. To make old or ancient. [Obs.]
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   Time, that eldeth all things.
   Rom. of R.
   
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