different between aged vs eldern

English

Alternative forms

• agèd (poetic and disyllabic only)

Pronunciation

• (all senses) IPA^(key): /e?d?d/, enPR: ?jd
• (alternative for adjective or noun senses) IPA^(key): /?e?.d??d/, enPR: ??j?d

Adjective

aged (comparative more aged or further aged, superlative most aged or furthest aged)

1. Old.
2. (chiefly non-US) Having the age of.

   Aged 18, he had no idea what to do with his life.

   • 1865 October 6, “Court of Special Sessions”, in The New York Times:

     John Mathews, aged about 18, stood at the bar with his hands in his pockets, alike indifferent to a verdict of acquittal or guilty.

   • 2012 March 22, Amy Chozick, “As Young Lose Interest in Cars, G.M. Turns to MTV for Help”, in The New York Times:

     Forty-six percent of drivers aged 18 to 24 said they would choose Internet access over owning a car, according to the research firm Gartner.

3. Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.

Synonyms

• (old): eldern, hoary; see also Thesaurus:old
• (having the age of): -year-old
• (undergone effects of time): matured

Translations

Noun

aged pl (plural only)

1. Old people, collectively.

Translations

Verb

aged

1. simple past tense and past participle of age

Anagrams

• Gade, egad, gade

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English eldern, eldrin, elderne, equivalent to elder +? -en.

Alternative forms

• eldren

Adjective

eldern (comparative more eldern, superlative most eldern)

1. (of persons) Elder; elderly; aged; old.
2. (of things) Not new; old; ancient.

Synonyms

• (elderly): aged, long in the tooth, wizened; see also Thesaurus:elderly
• (not new): aged, cobwebby, olden; see also Thesaurus:old

Etymology 2

From an alteration (due to elder) of Middle English ellern (“eldern”), from Old English ellærn, ellarn (“of elder-wood, eldern”), equivalent to elder +? -en.

Adjective

eldern (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Made of elder wood.
   • 1603, John Marston, The Malcontent

     He would discharge us as boys do eldern guns.

Anagrams

• eldren, lender, relend