† foroldv.

Etymology: Old English forealdian , < for- prefix¹ + ealdian to grow old, < eald , old adj. Compare Old High German faralten (modern German veralten).

Obsolete.

intransitive. To grow old, wear out with age.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [verb (intransitive)] > become old

foroldc900

hoara1420

c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iii. iv. [vi.] 166 Ne forealdige þeos hond æfre.

a1300 Holy Rood 74 (Ashm.) in Leg. Rood (1871) 24 It ne bar noþer lef ne rynde as it uorolded [MS. Vernon for-oldet] were.

c1305 Edmund Conf. 175 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 75 He hem forbrende stilleliche: for hi forolþed [S. Eng. Legendary, S. Edmund 175: for-olde] were.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

for-old adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > ancient or of early origin

oldeOE

olden daysa1400

for-oldc1400

ancient1475

(as) old as Adama1599

antiquary1599

high1601

primal1604

hoary1609

grandeval1650

Noachal1661

patriarchal1806

(as) old as the hills1819

world-old1837

eld1854

age-old1860

far-back1869

Noachian1874

pornial1883

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1440 On þe sellokest swyn swenged out þere, Long sythen fro þe sounder þat synglere for olde [? or is this a vb.].

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1284 He hadde a Berys Skyn, colblak, for old.

单词	forold
释义	† foroldv. Etymology: Old English forealdian , < for- prefix¹ + ealdian to grow old, < eald , old adj. Compare Old High German faralten (modern German veralten). Obsolete. intransitive. To grow old, wear out with age. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [verb (intransitive)] > become old foroldc900 hoara1420 c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iii. iv. [vi.] 166 Ne forealdige þeos hond æfre. a1300 Holy Rood 74 (Ashm.) in Leg. Rood (1871) 24 It ne bar noþer lef ne rynde as it uorolded [MS. Vernon for-oldet] were. c1305 Edmund Conf. 175 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 75 He hem forbrende stilleliche: for hi forolþed [S. Eng. Legendary, S. Edmund 175: for-olde] were. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). > as lemmas for-old for-old adj. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > ancient or of early origin oldeOE olden daysa1400 for-oldc1400 ancient1475 (as) old as Adama1599 antiquary1599 high1601 primal1604 hoary1609 grandeval1650 Noachal1661 patriarchal1806 (as) old as the hills1819 world-old1837 eld1854 age-old1860 far-back1869 Noachian1874 pornial1883 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1440 On þe sellokest swyn swenged out þere, Long sythen fro þe sounder þat synglere for olde [? or is this a vb.]. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1284 He hadde a Berys Skyn, colblak, for old. extracted from for-prefix¹ < v.c900 as lemmas
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† foroldv.

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