Definition of ELD

eld

Plural: elds

Noun

  • Old age; an archaic term for age or antiquity.
  • a late time of life
    • "a beard white with eld"
  • a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
    • "tall for his eld"
  • One's age, age in years, period of life.
  • Old age, senility; an old person.
  • Time; an age, an indefinitely long period of time.
  • Former ages, antiquity, olden times.

Adj

  • Old.

Verb

  • To age, become or grow old.
  • To delay; linger.
  • To make old, age.

Examples

  • He preferred to play words of eld, showcasing his love for classic vocabulary.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

age, geezerhood, old age, years, abide, aeon, aged, ager, ages, antique, badge-cove, blue moon, chair days, cheeser, codgerhood, coffin dodger, coon's age, crinkly, crow's age, days of yore, dog's age, donkey's years, eld, elden, elder, elderliness, elderly, eon, eternity, fogeydom, foreday, foretide, foretime, forever, forever and a day, geezer, geezerdom, genarian, geriatric, golden years, grayhead, greyhead, hoarhead, interim, interlude, interval, lifetime, long haul, long run, make older, mature, meantime, minute, month of Sundays, mzee, no spring chicken, old, old days, old timer, old-timer, older adult, oldhood, oldie, oldster, oldtimer, past, procrastinate, senectitude, senescence, senior, senior citizen, silver top, spell, sunset years, tarry, to age, twilight years, twirly, venerable, vetustity, weazen, while, wrinkly, yestertide, yestertime, yesteryear, yonks, yore

Scrabble Score: 4

eld: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
eld: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
eld: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 5

eld: valid Words With Friends Word