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(), a.[AS. eald.] Old. [Obs.] Chaucer. 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 v. i.To age; to grow old. [Obs.] Eld v. t.To make old or ancient. [Obs.] Time, that eldeth all things. Rom. of R. スポンサード リンク
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