eld

C2+ Topic:Time
US /ɛld/ UK /ɛld/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    old age or antiquity; former times (archaic)

    Tales of eld were passed down by the elders.

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Synonyms
1 noun · old age or antiquity;... antiquityageyoreold-agesenescence
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Word family
Related forms elderoldeldest

Etymology

From Old English eldo, ieldu ('age, old age, antiquity'), from eald ('old'), from Proto-Germanic *aldį̄.

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