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Entry 5 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Eld

/(ĕld)/ · IPA /ɛld/
01 a. Old.
  1. 1.
    Old.[Obs.]
02 n. Age; esp., old age.
  1. 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. 2.
    Old times; former days; antiquity.[Poetic]
    “Astrologers and men of eld.” — Longfellow.
03 v. i. To age; to grow old.
  1. 1.
    To age; to grow old.[Obs.]
04 v. t. To make old or ancient.
  1. 1.
    To make old or ancient.[Obs.]
    “Time, that eldeth all things.” — Rom. of R.