Eld

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. Age; esp., old age. [Obs. or Archaic] As sooth is said, eelde hath great avantage. Chaucer. Great Nature, ever young, yet full of eld. Spenser.

2. Old times; former days; antiquity. [Poetic] Astrologers and men of eld. Longfellow.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To age; to grow old. [Obs.]

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To make old or ancient. [Obs.] Time, that eldeth all things. Rom. of R.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Old. [Obs.] Chaucer.