Meaning & use
eld
(Archaic, literary) Old age, or a former time in the distant past.
See it in a sentence
The poet wrote of the wisdom that comes only with eld.
Legends from the eld still shaped the customs of the village.
A note on using this word
Eld is rarely used in modern English outside of poetry or deliberately archaic, literary writing.
Words with a similar meaning
old ageantiquity
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