eld

Meaning

Noun

1. One's age, age in years, period of life.
2. Old age, senility; an old person.
3. Time; an age, an indefinitely long period of time.
4. Former ages, antiquity, olden times.

Adj

Old.

Verb

1. To age, become or grow old.
2. To delay; linger.
3. To make old, age.

Synonyms

age

old age

years

geezerhood

old

🧓

agedness

antiquity

senescence

ail

oldness

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛld/

Etymology

From Middle English elde, from Old English ieldu, eldo, ieldo (“age, period of time; period; time of life, years; mature or old age, eld; an age of the world, era, epoch”), from Proto-West Germanic *aldī, from Proto-Germanic *alþį̄ (“eld, age”), from *aldaz (“grown up, mature, old”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (“to raise, feed”).
Cognate with Scots eild (“age”), North Frisian jelde (“age”), German Älte (“age”), Danish ælde (“eld, age”), Icelandic elli (“eld, age”). Related also to Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍃 (alds, “generation, age”), Old English alan (“to grow up, nourish”). More at old.