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Webster 1913 Edition
Eld
Eld
(ĕld)
, Adj.
[AS.
eald
.] Old.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
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.
Eld
,Verb.
I.
To age; to grow old.
[Obs.]
Eld
,Verb.
T.
To make old or ancient.
[Obs.]
Time, that
eldeth
all things. Rom. of R.
Webster 1828 Edition
Eld
ELD
,Noun.
1.
Old people; persons worn out with age.[This word is entirely obsolete. But its derivative elder is in use.]