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† ˈeldness Obs.
[repr. OE. (WS.) ealdnyss, f. eald, eld, old a. + -ness: see oldness.]
a. Oldness, old age.
b. A former state of things, antiquity.
c1000ælfric Hom. I. 194 (Bosw.) We awur⁓þon ða deri⁓ᵹendlican ealdnysse. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 7 Storie is..messager of eldnesse. 1388Wyclif Isa. xxiii. 18 Thei be..clothid to eldnesse. ― Ezek. xvi. 55 Thi sister Sodom and her doȝtris shulen turne aȝen to her eldnesse. |