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▪ I. † ald, a. Obs. or dial.
[OE. ald became in WS. eald, whence the later æld, eeld, yeald, eld; in midl. it became in due course old, but remained in the north as ald, auld, mod. dial. aald, aad, aud, in use from Scotland to Shropshire in the W., and Lincolnshire in the E.]
The following quotations illustrate the form; for sense see old.
c950Lindisf. Gosp. Luke i. 18 Ic am ald. c1175Lamb. Hom. 43 An ald mon. c1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 749 Alde men. 1375Barbour Bruce i. 17 Aulde storys that men redys. 1513–75Diurn. Occurrents (1833) 33 The ald enemies of Ingland. c1620A. Hume Brit. Tong. (1865) 28 An ald man sould be wyse. 1790Burns Tam o' Shanter 15 Auld Ayr wham ne'er a town surpasses.
▪ II. † ald, n. Obs.
3–6.
[variant of eld:—OE. eldu, influenced by the adj. ald, old. Also found in midl. dial. as old.]
1. Age, duration of life or existence.
c1200Ormin 14426 Þis middellærdes ald iss all o sexe daless dæledd.
2. An age, or secular period of the world.
c1200Ormin 2373 Swa summ i þatt ald Wass laȝhe to ben fesstnedd.
3. Old age, the advanced state or period of life.
1205Layam. 19411 Bruttes hafden muchil mode..for þas kinges alde. c1430Seven Sages (P.) 641 He wille brynge the adown in olde. 1535Stewart Cron. Scotl. I. 444 Vnsaturabill bayth in ald and youth. 1551Abp. Hamilton Catech. 69 a, Fra the tyme of thair youthede to the tyme of thair auld.
▪ III. † ald(e, ald-en, v. Obs.
[OE. aldi-an, f. ald old; still retained in 2–3 as ald-ien, ald-en; whence in 3–4 the midl. old-en; see old v. Eld-en (see elde v.) is a parallel form from WS. eald-ian.]
To grow old.
c825Vesp. Ps. vi. 9 Ic aldade betwih alle feond mine. c1175Lamb Hom. 109 Þeo hearte ne aldeð naut. |