[eld]
n.
<古>高龄, 古代,古人

Eld \Eld\ ([e^]ld), a. [AS. eald.]
Old. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


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


Eld \Eld\, v. t.
To make old or ancient. [Obs.]

Time, that eldeth all things. --Rom. of R.