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or-ildu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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or-ildu, (o); f.
Extreme old age
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  • Hine

    (death) gelettan ðæt hé ðý lator cymþ, ge furþum óþ oreldo hí hine hwílum lettaþ (put off death until extreme old age ),

      Bt. 41, 2 ; Fox 246, 9.
  • Á ic wundor ðín weorðlíc sægde and ic ðæt wið oryldu áwa fremme

    usque nunc pronuntiabo mirabilia tua, et usque in senectam et senium,

      Ps. Th. 70, 16.
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v. or-eald.
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v.  or-eldo or-yldu.
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  • or-ildu, n.