eld
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English elde, from Old English ieldu, eldo, ieldo (“age, period of time; period; time of life, years; mature or old age, eld; an age of the world, era, epoch”), from Proto-West Germanic *aldī, from Proto-Germanic *alþį̄ (“eld, age”), from *aldaz (“grown up, mature, old”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (“to raise, feed”).
Cognate with Scots eild (“age”), North Frisian jelde (“age”), German Älte (“age”), Danish ælde (“eld, age”), Icelandic elli (“eld, age”). Related also to Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍃 (alds, “generation, age”), Old English alan (“to grow up, nourish”). More at old.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eld (uncountable)
- (rare or dialectal) One's age, age in years, period of life.
- 1868, John Eadie, A Biblical Cyclopædia:
- The experience of many years gave old men peculiar qualification for various offices; and elders, or men of a ripe or advanced eld or age, were variously employed under the Mosaic law.
- 1913, Paulist Fathers, Catholic World:
- Promptly appeared a paragon, aged twenty-five or thereabouts, and exhibiting all the steadiness and serenity of advanced eld.
- (archaic or poetic) Old age, senility; an old person.
- Synonyms: elderliness; see also Thesaurus:old age, Thesaurus:old person
- 1847, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “Threnody”, in Poems, Boston, Mass.: James Munroe and Company, →OCLC, page 245:
- Taught he not thee—the man of eld, / Whose eyes within his eyes beheld / Heaven's numerous hierarchy span / The mystic gulf from God to man?
- 1904, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Sun's Shame, verse 2, lines 1–3:
- As some true chief of men, bowed down with stress
Of life's disastrous eld, on blossoming youth
May gaze, and murmur with self-pity and ruth […]
- 1912, Herbert Van Allen Ferguson, Rhymes of Eld:
- The withered limbs of eld, the thin, gray hair […]
- (archaic or poetic) Time; an age, an indefinitely long period of time.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:eon
- (archaic or poetic) Former ages, antiquity, olden times.
- Synonyms: days of yore; see also Thesaurus:the past
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 38:
- Once adown the dewy way a youthful cavalier spurred with a maiden mounted behind him, swiftly passing out of sight, recalling to the imagination some romance of eld, when the damosel fled with her lover.
Adjective edit
eld (comparative elder, superlative eldest)
Synonyms edit
- (old): aged, venerable; see also Thesaurus:old
Related terms edit
Verb edit
eld (third-person singular simple present elds, present participle elding, simple past and past participle elded)
- (intransitive, archaic, poetic or dialectal) To age, become or grow old.
- (intransitive, archaic or poetic) To delay; linger.
- (transitive, archaic or poetic) To make old, age.
Synonyms edit
- (to age): elden; see also Thesaurus:to age
- (to linger): abide; see also Thesaurus:tarry or Thesaurus:procrastinate
- (to make old): mature; see also Thesaurus:make older
References edit
- 1906, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, "eld".
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
eld m (definite singular elden, indefinite plural elder, definite plural eldene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by ild
Verb edit
eld
- imperative of elde
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eld m (definite singular elden, uncountable)
- fire
- Mange kulturar har mytar om korleis dei vart herre over elden.
- Many cultures have myths about how they mastered fire.
- fire (firing bullets or other projectiles)
- Fienden opna eld.
- The enemy opened fire.
Usage notes edit
Eld is mainly used about the abstract concept of fire. The accidental occurrence of fire, such as a fire in a building, is brann.
References edit
- “eld” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse edit
Noun edit
eld
Old Saxon edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *ailid.
Noun edit
ēld m
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ēld | ēldos |
accusative | ēld | ēldos |
genitive | ēldes | ēldō |
dative | ēlde | ēldum |
instrumental | — | — |
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish elder, from Old Norse eldr, from Proto-Germanic *ailidaz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eld c
- (uncountable) fire, a continued chemical exothermic reaction where a gaseous material reacts, and which creates enough heat to evaporate more combustible material
- 1999, Ken Ring, Jojje Wadenius (lyrics and music), “Eld och djupa vatten [Fire and deep waters]”, in Vägen tillbaka [The way back]:
- Men, ska jag säga: Akta dig för eld och djupa vatten. Men, ska jag säga: Spring aldrig, aldrig bort från mig.
- But, I will [shall] say: Beware of fire and deep waters. But, I will say: Never ever run away from me.
- something set up as to burn, such as a campfire or a bonfire
- (uncountable, alchemy) fire; one of the classical, or basic, elements
- (uncountable) fire; the in-flight projectiles from a gun or similar
Declension edit
Declension of eld | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | eld | elden | eldar | eldarna |
Genitive | elds | eldens | eldars | eldarnas |
Synonyms edit
- ((case of) accidental, uncontrolled fire): brand
Derived terms edit
- elda
- eldig
- eldkastare
- eld och lågor (adjective)
- eldstad
- eldunderstöd
- ingen rök utan eld
- signaleld
- spärreld
- trumeld
- verkanseld