eldes
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse eldast. Equivalent to being the passive form of the verb elde (“to age”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
eldes (imperative eldes, present tense eldes, simple past eldedes, past participle eldes)
- (intransitive, passive voice) to age (to grow aged; to become old)
- Han eldes veldig fort!
- He is aging very fast!
- 1874, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt, page 125:
- jeg [tok] til at ældes
- I [got] older
- 2012, Stig Aasvik, Indre anliggender:
- ansiktet og kroppen hans eldes
- his face and body aged
- (intransitive, passive voice, rare) to become older; develop into, become
- 1875, Henrik Ibsen, Digte, page 69:
- [du] arted dig at ældes til en helt saa herlig
- [you] behaved to grow old to such a glorious one