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ildu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ildu, indecl. f.
an age; ævum
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  • Nis ðæt tó geortrýwianne ðæt on úre yldo ðæt beón mihte ðæt forþgongendre yldo oft geworden getreówe spell secgaþ

    nec diffidendum est nostra etiam ætate fieri potuisse, quod ævo præcedente aliquoties factum fideles historiæ narrant,

    • Bd. 4, 19
    • ;
    • S. 587. 32
    • :
    • 3, 27
    • ;
    • S. 558, 31
    • .
age, time of life; ætas
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  • Óþ nigon and fíftig wintra mínre yldo

    usque ad annum ætatis meæ quinquagesimum nonum,

    • 5, 24
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    • S. 647, 32
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  • On ðære ǽrestan yldo his lífes

    in prima ætate,

    • 5, 13
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    • S. 633. 32
    • .
  • Mid ðí ðe heó bicom tó giftelícre yldo

    when she arrived at a marriageable age,

    • Th. Ap. 1, 10.
  • Ða ðe nabbaþ náwþer ne ildo ne wísdóm

    quos vet imperfectio vel ætas prohibet,

    • Past, 49. 3
    • ;
    • Swt. 383, 21
    • .
age, old age; senectus
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  • Seó yldo and se ende ðæs heora lífes

    their old age and the end of their life,

    • Blickl. Homl. 163. 5.
  • Heora ylda gelíffæsted wæs,

    • 18.
  • Him æfter ðý yldo ne derede

    after that age should not harm him,

    • Cd. 23
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    • Th. 30, 24
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    • Gen. 471
    • .
  • Nis ðǽr on ðam londe yldu ne yrmþu

    there is not in that land old age nor misery,

    • Exon. 56 b
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    • Th. 201, 6
    • ;
    • Ph. 52
    • .
  • On geóguþe ... on yldo,

    • 88 a
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    • Th. 330, 32
    • ;
    • Vy. 60.
  • Geógoþ búton yldo,

    • Blickl. Homl. 103, 35.
  • Heó hire on ylda ðá wǽre

    she was in her old age,

    • 163, 10.
  • Nú gyt syndan manige manna swylce ðe hiom yldo gebídan ǽr tó genihte

    adhuc multiplicabuntur in senecta uberi,

    • Ps. Th. 91, 13
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  • Ða yldu wendan tó lífe

    to turn old age to life,

    • Exon. 58 b
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    • Th. 210, 23
    • ;
    • Ph. 190
    • .
  • Míne yldo beóþ ǽghwǽr genihtsum

    senectus mea in misericordia uberi,

    • Ps. Th. 91, 9.
Etymology
[
Orm. A. R. R. Glouc. Ayenb. Piers P. Chauc. Wick. elde age, old age, eld
:
Icel. öld an age. v. ild for other related words.
]
Similar entries
v. æfter-, ǽr-, frum-yldo; ældo, eldo, ild.
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v.  ældu eldo ilda ildo.
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  • ildu, n.