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
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
