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eild

eild noun: age.

Noun

eild (uncountable)

  1. (Scotland, dialectal, obsolete) Age.
    • Book III, xxxv:
      His age was full of puissance and might, / Two sons he had to guard his noble eild.
      Book IV, xliv:1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso

Origin of eild

See eld.

Questions about eild

What does eild mean?
Eild means age.
What part of speech is eild?
Eild is a noun.

Words near eild in the dictionary

  1. EIL
  2. Eilan
  3. Eiland
  4. Eilands
  5. Eilat
  6. eild
  7. Eildon
  8. Eildonian
  9. Eileen
  10. Eileithyia
  11. Eilenberg

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