ieldu

Old English

Alternative forms

• ældu, eldo, ældo — Anglian
• ildu, ildo, yldo
• (i-declension) ield, ild, yld, (Anglian) æld, eld

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aldī, from Proto-Germanic *alþį̄. By surface analysis, eald +‎ -u, with expected i-mutation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi͜yl.du/, [ˈi͜yɫ.du]

Noun

ieldu f (West Saxon)

1. age
2. period
3. old age
   • c. 989–992 CE, Ælfric of Eynsham, edited and translated by Benjamin Thorpe, F.S.A., The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church, volume II, London: Richard and John E. Taylor, published 1846, page 516:

     Ne widcweðe iċ, Drihten, tō deorfenne gȳt, ġif iċ nȳdbehefe eom gȳt ðīnum folce; ne iċ ne belādiġe gȳt mē for ylde: bēo ðīn willa ā, weroda Drihten!

     I do not refuse, O Lord, to yet labor, if I am needed by your people; nor will I yet excuse myself on account of my age: let your will be forever, Lord of Hosts!

Declension

Strong īn-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ieldu	ieldu, ielde
accusative	ieldu, ielde	ieldu, ielde
genitive	ieldu, ielde	ielda
dative	ieldu, ielde	ieldum

Descendants

• Middle English: elde
  • English: eld
  • Scots: elde eild