Eld , v. t. To make old or ancient. [Obs.]
Time, that eldeth all things.
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Eld , v. i. To age; to grow old. [Obs.]
Eld , n. [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.
Eld (?), a. [AS. eald.]
Old.
[Obs.] Chaucer.
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