Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

eald

Dictionary links
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §47; §64; §65; §170; §178; §183; §221; §279; §303; §426; §443; §444; §620;
Add:
of great age.
of living creatures
Show examples
  • Ald

    senex,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 47.
  • Hú mæg man beón eft ácenned þonne hé bið eald (ald,

      L. R.)?, Jn. 3, 4.
  • Ic eom eald tó híwigenne

    I am (too) old to pretend,

      Hml. S. 25, 94.
  • Þá cyld ... and eác ðá ealdan ceorlas,

      Bt. 36, 5; F. 180, 7.
  • Wín nys drenc cilda, ac ealdra (

    senum

    ),
      Coll. M. 35, 21.
  • Ealdra cwéna spell

    anilis fabula,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 24.
  • Ic lǽre ge geonge ge ealde,

      Bl. H. 107, 11. (1 a) used substantively :--
    Ongan seó leó fægnian wið þæs ealdan weard, Hml. S. 23 b, 778.
of material things
Show examples
  • Sylle hé earmum mannum his ealde hrægl,

      Bl. H. 53, 13. I a.
  • Forðférde seó ealde hlǽfdige, Eádwerdes cinges móder, 1051; P. 172, 32. I b.

    of long experience

    in :-- Presbiter is ealdwita; ná ꝥ ǽlc eald sý, ac ꝥ hé eald sý on wísdóme,
      Ll. Th. ii. 348, 21.
of (a certain) age
Show examples
  • Ðæt cild ꝥ ne wæs ánre nihte eald,

      Shrn. 142, 33.
  • Byð se móna feówertýne nihta eald,

      Angl. viii. 326, 8: Lch. iii. 182, 10 (and often). On ánre nihte ealdne mónan, 5.
that belongs to a time long past
Show examples
  • Sume sǽdon eald wítega (

    propheta unus de antiquis

    ) árás,
      Lk. 9, 8.
  • On þá ealdan wísan

    antiquitus,

      An. Ox. 4243.
  • Þára ealdena treówa

    antiquorum foederum,

      Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 18.
  • Ealdra manna byrgenu,

      Hml. Th. ii. 258, 26.
  • On ealdum dagum, II. Swá se wudu on ældum tímum (

    antiquis temporibus

    ) gelægd wæs,
      C.D. iv. 202, 13.
that dates from a time long past
Show examples
  • Se ealda cwide þe mon gefyrn cwæþ,

      Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 11.
that has lasted long
Show examples
  • Fióndes aldes

    hostis antiqui,

      Rtl. 95, 14.
  • Hé gefylde þone ealdan feónd,

      Bl. H. 87, 19.
where difference of date is marked, old as opposed to new,
earlier, former
Show examples
  • Hlóþwíg wæs þæs aldan Carles sunu,

      Chr. 885; P. 80, 3: 982; P. 124, 32.
  • Tó ðæs cynges dómerne Heródes; sé wæs þæs ealdan Heródes suna sunu,

      Hml. Th. ii. 422, 1.
  • Æaldere gesuntfulnessa

    pristinae incolomitate,

      An. Ox. 11, 148.
  • Cýþnesse ealdre

    testamenti ueteris,

      An. Ox. 40, 2.
  • Aldes, Rtl. 113, 22. VI a. great-, grand- in terms denoting relationship, v. eald(e)-fæder, -móder :-- Ealda fæder

    avus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 20.
  • Ealde fæder,

      51, 51.
  • Ealde móder

    avia,

      51, 54.
  • Bearn Ælfríces ... cwæð ... 'Wæs mín ealda fæder Ealhelm háten,

      By. 218.
  • Ruth wearð geǽwnod Iessan ealdan fæder (

    Boaz was Jesse's grandfather

    ),
      Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 32.
  • Eádmund is byrged mid his ealdan fæder Eádgár,

      Chr. 1016; P. 153, 12.
  • Ealdra nefena

    pronepotum.

      An. Ox. 1663.
that has been done (habitually)
before
Show examples
  • Seó gnornung is mé eald for gewunan,

      Gr. D. 4, 7.
  • Man hine gehádede efter þan ealdan gewunan,

      Chr. 1070; P. 204, 8.
  • Healdaþ þá tunglu þá ealdan sibbe ðe hí on gesceapene wǽron,

      Bt. 39, 13; F. 232, 26. ꝥ hé
    é
  • Hé teáh forð his ealdan wrenceas

    He brought out his old tricks,

      Chr. 1003; P. 135, 11.
denoting rank or position, an elder, great (man),
chief person
Show examples
  • Ælda ðæs folces

    seniores populi,

      Mt. L. 21, 23.
  • Ðá aldu (ældo, L.)

    pharisaei,

      Mk. R. 2, 16: 7, 1.
  • Ðá aldo,

      Mt. L. 16, 1.
  • Ðá aeldo,

      Lk. L. 7, 30.
  • Ðá alde wearas,

      Jn. R. 4, 1.
  • Æfter gesetnisse ældra (

    seniorum

    ),
      Mk. L.R. 7, 5.
  • From ældum

    a senioribus,

      8, 31.
Similar entries
v. niht-eald; ildra, ildest, and eald-cpds.
Full form

Word-wheel

  • eald,