different between eld vs keld

English

Alternative forms

• elth
• eild, eeld, ild, yeeld (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English elde, from Old English ieldu, eldo, ieldo (“age, period of time; period; time of life, years; mature or old age, eld; an age of the world, era, epoch”), from Proto-West Germanic *ald?, from Proto-Germanic *alþ?? (“eld, age”), from *aldaz (“grown up, mature, old”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eltós, from *h?el- (“to raise, feed”).

Cognate with Scots eild (“age”), North Frisian jelde (“age”), German Älte (“age”), Danish ælde (“eld, age”), Icelandic elli (“eld, age”). Related also to Gothic ???????????????? (alds, “generation, age”), Old English alan (“to grow up, nourish”). More at old.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ld/

Noun

eld (uncountable)

1. (rare or dialectal) One's age, age in years, period of life.
2. (archaic or poetic) Old age, senility; an old person.
3. (archaic or poetic) Time; an age, an indefinitely long period of time.
4. (archaic or poetic) Former ages, antiquity, olden times.

Synonyms

• (one's age):
• (old age): elderliness; see also Thesaurus:old age
• (old person): geriatric, oldster, senior citizen; see also Thesaurus:old person
• (indefinitely long period of time): yonks; see also Thesaurus:eon
• (former age): days of yore; see also Thesaurus:the past

Adjective

eld (comparative elder, superlative eldest)

1. (obsolete) Old.

Synonyms

• (old): aged, venerable; see also Thesaurus:old

Related terms

• eldren

Verb

eld (third-person singular simple present elds, present participle elding, simple past and past participle elded)

1. (intransitive, archaic, poetic or dialectal) To age, become or grow old.
2. (intransitive, archaic or poetic) To delay; linger.
3. (transitive, archaic or poetic) To make old, age.

Synonyms

• (to age): elden; see also Thesaurus:to age
• (to linger): abide; see also Thesaurus:tarry or Thesaurus:procrastinate
• (to make old): mature; see also Thesaurus:make older

References

• 1906, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, "eld".

Anagrams

• DLE, Del, Del., EDL, LDE, LED, del, del., led, ?LED

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

eld m (definite singular elden, indefinite plural elder, definite plural eldene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by ild

Verb

eld

1. imperative of elde

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse eldr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ld/, /?l?/

Noun

eld m (definite singular elden, uncountable)

1. fire

2. fire (firing bullets or other projectiles)

   Fienden opna eld.

   The enemy opened fire.

Usage notes

Eld is mainly used about the abstract concept of fire. The accidental occurrance of fire, such as a fire in a building, is brann.

References

• “eld” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ailid.

Noun

?ld m

1. fire

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish elder, from Old Norse eldr, from Proto-Germanic *ailidaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ld/

Noun

eld c

1. (uncountable) fire, a continued chemical exothermic reaction where a gaseous material reacts, and which creates enough heat to evaporate more combustible material
2. something set up as to burn, such as a campfire or a bonfire
3. (uncountable, alchemy) fire; one of the classical, or basic, elements
4. (uncountable) fire; the in-flight projectiles from a gun or similar

Declension

Synonyms

• (something set up to burn): brasa, bål, vårdkase

• ((case of) accidental, uncontrolled fire): brand

Derived terms

• elda
• eldstad
• eldunderstöd

Anagrams

• LED, del, led

English

Adjective

keld (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Having a kell or covering; webbed.
   • 1630, Michael Drayton, “Noahs Floud” in The Muses Elizium Lately Discouered, p. 98[1]:

     […] the Otter then that keepes / In the wild Riuers, in their Bancks and Sleeps, / And seeds on Fish, which vnder water still, / He with his keld seet, and keene teeth doth kill; / The other two into the Arke doth follow, / Though his ill shape doth cause him but to wallow […]

Anagrams

• Delk