I. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English elde, from Old English yldo, eldo, ældo; akin to Old High German altī, eltī old age, eld, Old Norse elli; derivative from the root of English old
1.
a. dialect Britain : period of life : age
b. archaic : old age
2. archaic : old times : antiquity
a spirit of immemorial eld pervades this tavern — Norman Douglas
3. archaic : an old person
II. abbreviation
eldest