English
Etymology
OE. eldo, ieldo, from eald �old�. Cognate with Danish ælde.
Pronunciation
IPA|/�ld/
Noun
en-noun|-
- obsolete One's age.
- context|archaic|or|poetic old age|Old age.
#*1912: the alien wife / No crown of honour was as eld drew on. � Euripides, Medea, trans. Arthur S. Way (Heinemann 1946, p. 329)
- context|archaic|or|poetic antiquity|Antiquity, olden times.
#:Men were heroes in days of eld.
Swedish
Pronunciation
audio|Sv-eld.ogg|audio
IPA|/��ld/|lang=sv
Noun
sv-noun-reg-ar
eld c
- uncountable fire, a continued chemical exothermic reaction where a gaseous material reacts, and which creates enough heat to evaporate more combustible material
- something set up as to burn, such as a campfire or a bonfire
- context|uncountable|alchemy|lang=sv fire; one of the classical, or basic, elements
- uncountable fire; the in-flight projectiles from a gun or similar
Synonyms
;something set up to burn
brasa
bål
brand
vårdkase
Compounds
eldstad
eldunderstöd
Derived terms
elda
el:eld
fr:eld
io:eld
ku:eld
hu:eld
fi:eld
sv:eld
te:eld
vi:eld
tr:eld
zh:eld
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