(rare or dialectal) One's age, age in years, period of life. / (archaic or poetic) Old age, senility; an old person. / (archaic or poetic) Time; an age, an indefinitely long period of time.

(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.

(obsolete) Old.

simple past tense and past participle of eld

Pronunciation spelling of held. simple past tense and past participle of 'old

(chiefly dialectal) firewood; fuel / rubbish

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eld

A surname.

plural of Elding

comparative degree of old: older, greater than another in age or seniority.