Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse eldast. Equivalent to being the passive form of the verb elde (to age).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛldəs/
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  • Rhymes: -əs
  • Hyphenation: el‧des

Verb

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eldes (imperative eldes, present tense eldes, simple past eldedes, past participle eldes)

  1. (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
  2. (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

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