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:
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[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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