What does eld mean?we found 4 entries for the meaning of eld
 

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

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Eld \Eld\, a. [AS. eald.]

Old. [Obs.]

--Chaucer.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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