Entry 5 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913 Eld /(ĕld)/ · IPA /ɛld/ a. n. v. i. v. t. 01 a. Old. 1. Old.[Obs.] 02 n. Age; esp., old age. 1. Age; esp., old age.[Obs. or Archaic] “As sooth is said, eelde hath great avantage.” — Chaucer. “Great Nature, ever young, yet full of eld.” — Spenser. 2. Old times; former days; antiquity.[Poetic] “Astrologers and men of eld.” — Longfellow. 03 v. i. To age; to grow old. 1. To age; to grow old.[Obs.] 04 v. t. To make old or ancient. 1. To make old or ancient.[Obs.] “Time, that eldeth all things.” — Rom. of R.