Elden
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To advance in eld or old age; to grow older; to age. archaic, intransitive
"Margery looked up at him, colouring, startled, suspicious. "Truth, Lady, you've no call to look at me thus," Hugh said, smiling. "I'm eldening now, like my late master, God cherish him, but I'm not so old I can't remember what it is to burn, […]"
- 1 Rare form of olden. form-of, not-comparable, rare
"In the orient, elden age, / Ere man had learned to wage / Dispassionate war against his natural mind, / Thy voice of mystery— / Reading aloud the earth’s extended page, / Bade human aspirations find, / In the cool fountain and the forest tree, / A sentient Deity; […]"
Example
More examples"Margery looked up at him, colouring, startled, suspicious. "Truth, Lady, you've no call to look at me thus," Hugh said, smiling. "I'm eldening now, like my late master, God cherish him, but I'm not so old I can't remember what it is to burn, […]"
Etymology
From eld + -en (“to become”). Compare Middle English elden, ealdien (“to age, grow older”). More at eld.
From eld + -en (“pertaining to”).
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