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eld

[eld]
noun Archaic.
1.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English elde, Old English eldo, ieldo, derivative of (e)ald old; see world
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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eld (ɛld)
 
n
1.  old age
2.  olden days; antiquity
 
[Old English eldu; related to Old Norse elli; see old]

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eld
poetic or archaic form of old; in some cases from O.E. eald.
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ELD
electroluminescent display
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