eild
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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:
Anagrams[edit]
Scots[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Early Scots ȝeild, from Old English ʒelde.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
eild (not comparable)
Noun[edit]
eild (plural eilds)
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