ilde
- noun [ masculine ]
Grammar
Men [a poetical term]
-
Hátaþ ylde eorþbúende fison
men, earth-dwellers, call it Pison,
- Cd. 12 ;
- Th. 14, 19 ;
- Gen. 221 .
-
Yldo ofer eorþan,
- 163 ;
- Th. 205, 15 ;
- Exod. 436 .
-
Nædran ða aspide ylde nemnaþ,
- Ps. Th. 57, 4.
-
Ylda ǽghwilc
every man,
- Cd. 24 ;
- Th. 31, 4 ;
- Gen. 480 .
-
Ylda gehwilc,
- Ps. Th. 77, 4 .
-
Earmlíc ylda cwealm
miserable slaughter of men,
- Andr. Kmbl. 363 ;
- An. 182 :
- 3108 ;
- An. 1557.
-
Ylda Waldend
God,
- Beo. Th. 3327 ;
- B. 1661 .
-
Ilda cyn
the race of men,
- Elen. Kmbl. 1040 ;
- El. 521 ,
-
Ylda bearn
the children of men,
- Cd. 113 ;
- Th. 149, 6 ;
- Gen. 2470 :
- 177 ;
- Th. 222, 17 ;
- Dan. 106.
-
Sceal mid yldum wesan ismahel háten
shall be called among men Ishmael,
- 104 ;
- Th. 138, 3 ;
- Gen. 2286 :
- Beo. Th. 154 ;
- B. 77 .
-
Ðæt wæs yldum cúþ,
- 1415 ;
- B. 705 :
- Ps. Th. 144, 9 .
-
Niht becwom óðer tó yldum,
- Beo. Th. 4240 ;
- B. 2117 :
- Menol. Fox 174 ;
- Men. 88 :
- Elen. Kmbl. 1581 ;
- El. 792 .
Etymology
O. Sax. eldí ; pl. men; eldeó barn children of men
:
Icel. öld; aldir; pl. [in poetry]
men ; alda börn children of men.
]
Linked entries
v.
ælde elde.
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “ilde.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/20469.
Checked: 1