ielde

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈi͜yl.de/, [ˈi͜yɫ.de]

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *aldī, from Proto-Germanic *aldīz (“human beings, people, men”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to nourish, grow”). Cognate with Old Saxon eldī (“human being, person, man”), Old Norse aldir (“men, mankind”). Related to Old English eald (“old”).

Alternative forms

Noun

ielde m pl (West Saxon)

  1. (plural only) men
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mann
    • 10th century (manuscript date), Beowulf, lines 3167-3168:
      ... gold on grēote, · þǣr hit nū gēn lifað,
      eldum swā unnyt, · swa hit ǣror wæs.
      ... gold under gravel where it now still remains
      as useless to men as it was before.
Declension
singular plural
nominative — ielde
accusative — ielde
genitive — ielda
dative — ieldum
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

ielde

  1. inflection of ieldu:
    1. nominative/accusative plural
    2. accusative/genitive/dative singular
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