eild
English edit
Etymology edit
See eld.
Noun edit
eild (uncountable)
- (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) Age.
- 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso:
- Book III, xxxv:
- His age was full of puissance and might, / Two sons he had to guard his noble eild.
- Book IV, xliv:
- Mine uncle govern'd in my tender eild.
- 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso:
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Etymology edit
From Early Scots ȝeild, from Old English ʒelde.
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Adjective edit
eild (not comparable)
Noun edit
eild (plural eilds)