Definitions for ELDɛld

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

eld^*ɛld(n.)

age.
old age.
olden times; antiquity.

^* Archaic..

Origin of eld:

bef. 1000; ME elde, OE eldo, ieldo, der. of (e)aldold ; cf. world

Princeton's WordNet

old age, years, age, eld, geezerhood(noun)
a late time of life
"old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"
age, eld(noun)
a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
"she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld"

Wiktionary

eld(Noun)
One's age, age in years, period of life.
eld(Noun)
Old age, senility; an old person.
eld(Noun)
Time; an age, an indefinitely long period of time.
eld(Noun)
Former ages, antiquity, olden times.
eld(Verb)
To age, become or grow old.
eld(Verb)
To delay; linger.
eld(Verb)
To make old, age.
eld(Adjective)
Old.

Origin: From elde, from ieldu, eldo, ieldo, from aldīn, from aldaz, from alanan, from al-. Cognate with eild, jelde, Älte, ælde, elli. Realted also to 0330033B03330343, alan. More at old.