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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Eld \Eld\ ([e^]ld), adjective [AS. eald.] Old. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Eld \Eld\, noun [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Eld \Eld\, verb (used without an object) To age; to grow old. [Obs.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Eld \Eld\, verb (used with an object) To make old or ancient. [Obs.]
Time, that eldeth all things. --Rom. of R.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
eld
noun
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}]
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