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.]
1.
Age; esp., old age.
[Obs. or Archaic]
As sooth is said, eelde hath great avantage.
Chaucer.
Great Nature, ever young, yet full of eld.
Spenser.
2.
Old times; former days; antiquity.
[Poetic]
Astrologers and men of eld.
Longfellow.
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Eld, v. i.
To age; to grow old.
[Obs.]
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Eld, v. t.
To make old or ancient.
[Obs.]
Time, that eldeth all things.
Rom. of R.
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