eld /ɛld/noun 4verb 3adjective 1forms 5 noun4 •(dialect, rare) One's age, age in years, period of life. •(literary, no longer used) Former ages, antiquity, olden times.The ship and all in it are imbued with the spirit of Eld. The crew glide to and fro like the ghosts of buried centuries ... — 1833 •(literary, no longer used) Old age, senility; an old person.Taught he not thee—the man of eld, / Whose eyes within his eyes beheld / Heaven's numerous hierarchy span / The mystic gulf from God to man? — 1847 •(literary, no longer used) Time; an age, an indefinitely long period of time. verb3 •(dialect, no longer used) To age, become or grow old. •(literary, no longer used) To make old, age. •(literary, no longer used) To delay; linger. adjective1 •(no longer used) Old. formselded · elding · elds · elder · eldest
