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ealdian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to grow old, be old
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  • Ic wæs geong and nú ic ealdige

    junior fui, etenim senui,

      Ps. Th. 36, 24.

  • Ðonne hé ealdað

    cum senuerit,

      Kent. Gl. 815.

  • Þonne se sunu wyxð, þonne ealdað se fæder,

      Hml. Th. i. 278, 25.

  • Ic aldade

    senui,

      Ps. Srt. 36, 25.

  • Ðá ðá hé ealdode, and his sunu wífian sceolde,

      Hml. Th. ii. 234, 24.

  • Siððan hé ealdode (

    jam persenilis aetatis

    ),
      Jos. 23, 1: Hml. S. 25, 246: Shrn. 145, 20.

  • Mon sceal on eorðan geong ealdian,

      Gn. Ex. 8.

  • Ðæs ealdigendan mannes mægen bið wanigende. Hml. Th. ii. 76, 21. I a. to grow old in a pursuit, continue long :-- On weorce beboda þínra ealda

    in opere mandatorum tuorum veteresce,

      Scint. 90, 9.
to grow feeble with age, or
as with age, be worn out with age, decay
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  • Se líchoma ealdaþ and his fægernes gewíteþ,

      Bl. H. 57, 29: Seef. 89.

  • Fultum heora aldað (

    veterascet

    ).
      Ps. Srt. 48, 15.

  • Seádo ðá ðe ne aldagiað (aldigað, R.

    ueterescunt

    ),
      Lk. L. 12, 33.

  • Ic ealdode (

    inveteravi

    ) betweox feóndum mínum,
      Ps. Spl. 6, 7.

  • Þe lǽs þe hí þurh eorþlice dǽda á ealdodon (áealdodon ?: hí ne ealdodon nǽfre, v.l.) fram hyra módes níwnysse

    ne per humanos actus a novitate mentis veterascerent,

      Gr. D. 6, 32.

  • Aldadon bán mín

    inveteraverunt ossa mea,

      Ps. Srt. 31, 3.

  • Þá cyricsangas ðe mid langre gýmeleásnesse ealdian (-igan, v.l.) ongunnon

    carmina ecclesiastica, quae longo usu vel negligentia inueterare coeperunt,

      Bd. 5, 20; Sch. 675, 9.

  • Sele sceal stondan, sylf ealdian,

      Gn. Ex. 158.
Etymology
[v. N.E.D. old; vb. O.H. Ger. altén senescere, antiquare.]
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v. ge-, on-ealdian; æt-ealdod.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ealdian.” 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/43286.

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