eld \eld\ e^ld, a. as. eald.
   old. obs. --chaucer.
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eld \eld\, n. as. yldu, yldo, eldo, old age, fr. ald, eald,
   old. see old.
   1. 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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   2. old times; former days; antiquity. poetic
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            astrologers and men of eld.           --longfellow.
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see also:
old 

eld \eld\, v. i.
   to age; to grow old. obs.
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eld \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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eld
     n 1: 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"
          syn: old age, years, age, geezerhood
     2: a time in life usually defined in years at which some
        particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of
        school age"; "tall for his eld" syn: age
see also:
old age years age geezerhood