age, eld
(noun) a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises; “she was now of school age”; “tall for his eld”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
eld (uncountable)
(rare or dialectal) One's age, age in years, period of life.
(archaic or poetic) Old age, senility; an old person.
(archaic or poetic) Time; an age, an indefinitely long period of time.
(archaic or poetic) Former ages, antiquity, olden times.
• (one's age)
• (old age): elderliness; see also old age
• (old person): geriatric, oldster, senior citizen; see also old person
• (indefinitely long period of time): yonks; see also eon
• (former age): days of yore; see also the past
eld (comparative elder, superlative eldest)
(obsolete) Old.
• (old): aged, venerable; see also old
eld (third-person singular simple present elds, present participle elding, simple past and past participle elded)
(intransitive, archaic, poetic or dialectal) To age, become or grow old.
(intransitive, archaic or poetic) To delay; linger.
(transitive, archaic or poetic) To make old, age.
• (to age): elden; see also to age
• (to linger): abide; see also tarry or procrastinate
• (to make old): mature; see also make older
• DLE, Del, Del., EDL, LDE, LED, del, del., led, ÎĽLED
Source: Wiktionary
Eld, a. Etym: [AS. eald.]
Definition: Old. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Eld, n. Etym: [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.
Definition: To age; to grow old. [Obs.]
Eld, v. t.
Definition: To make old or ancient. [Obs.] Time, that eldeth all things. Rom. of R.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
