eld /ˈɛld/
 老年;往古;古代


 Eld a.  Old. [Obs.]


 Eld, n.
 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. t. To make old or ancient. [Obs.]
    Time, that eldeth all things.   --Rom. of R.

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 Eld, v. i. To age; to grow old. [Obs.]


 eld
      n 1: a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's
           showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all";
           "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"
           [syn: old age, years, age, geezerhood]
      2: a time in life (usually defined in years) at which some
         particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of
         school age"; "tall for his eld" [syn: age]