eald
Middle English
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editeald
- Alternative form of old
Old English
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editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, a suffixed form of *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editeald (comparative ieldra, superlative ieldest)
- old
- Hū eald eart þū?
- How old are you?
- The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn
- Ic þē secge, hēo wæs iii and sixtiġ ġēara eald, ðā hēo belȳfen wæs...
- I tell thee, she was three and sixty years old when she died...
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- An. DCCCCLXIIII Hēr drǣfde Ēadgār cyng þā preostas on Ċeastre of ealdan mynstre, ⁊ nīwan mynstre, ⁊ of Ċeortesiġe, ⁊ of Middeltūne, ⁊ sette hȳ mid munecan, ⁊ hē sette Æðelgār abbod tō nīwan mynstre tō abbode, Ordbriht to Ċeortesiġe, ⁊ Cyneweard to Middeltūne.
- Year 964 In this year King Edgar drove the priests in Chester out of the old monastery and the new monastery, and out of Chertsey and Middleton and replaced them with monks. He appointed Abbot Athelgar as abbot of the new monastery, Ordbright as abbot of Chertsey, and Cyneweard as abbot of Middleton.
- ancient
- on ealdum dagum
- in ancient times, in olden days
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Octaves and Circumcision of Our Lord"
- Þā ealdan Rōmāne, on hǣðenum dagum, ongunnon þæs ġēares ymbryne on þissum dæġe.
- The Ancient Romans, in pagan times, began the course of the year on this day.
- (in compounds) original
- Ealdseaxan ― the continental Saxons
- grand-
Declension
editDeclension of eald — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | eald | eald | eald |
Accusative | ealdne | ealde | eald |
Genitive | ealdes | ealdre | ealdes |
Dative | ealdum | ealdre | ealdum |
Instrumental | ealde | ealdre | ealde |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | ealde | ealda, ealde | eald |
Accusative | ealde | ealda, ealde | eald |
Genitive | ealdra | ealdra | ealdra |
Dative | ealdum | ealdum | ealdum |
Instrumental | ealdum | ealdum | ealdum |
Declension of eald — Weak
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