Eld

a.	1.	Old.
n.	1.	Age; esp., old age. As sooth is said, eelde hath great avantage. - Chaucer. Great Nature, ever young, yet full of eld. - Spenser.
	2.	Old times; former days; antiquity. Astrologers and men of eld. - Longfellow.
v. i.	1.	To age; to grow old.
v. t.	1.	To make old or ancient. Time, that eldeth all things. - Rom. of R.

Noun	1.	eld - a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood" Synonyms: geezerhood, old age, years, age
	2.	eld - a time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld" Synonyms: age

age, dotage, eighties, geezerhood, mid-eighties, mid-nineties, mid-seventies, mid-sixties, nineties, old age, second childhood, senility, seventies, sixties, time of life, years

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