"eald" meaning in Old English

See eald in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /æ͜ɑld/, [æ͜ɑɫd]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, a suffixed form of *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gmw-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*aldaz}} Proto-Germanic *aldaz, {{inh|ang|ine-pro|*h₂eltós}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós Head templates: {{ang-adj||ieldra|ieldest}} eald (comparative ieldra, superlative ieldest) Inflection templates: {{ang-adecl|eald}} Forms: ieldra [comparative], ieldest [superlative], strong [table-tags], eald [masculine, nominative, singular], eald [feminine, nominative, singular], eald [neuter, nominative, singular], ealdne [accusative, masculine, singular], ealde [accusative, feminine, singular], eald [accusative, neuter, singular], ealdes [genitive, masculine, singular], ealdre [feminine, genitive, singular], ealdes [genitive, neuter, singular], ealdum [dative, masculine, singular], ealdre [dative, feminine, singular], ealdum [dative, neuter, singular], ealde [instrumental, masculine, singular], ealdre [feminine, instrumental, singular], ealde [instrumental, neuter, singular], ealde [masculine, nominative, plural], ealda [feminine, nominative, plural], ealde [feminine, nominative, plural], eald [neuter, nominative, plural], ealde [accusative, masculine, plural], ealda [accusative, feminine, plural], ealde [accusative, feminine, plural], eald [accusative, neuter, plural], ealdra [genitive, masculine, plural], ealdra [feminine, genitive, plural], ealdra [genitive, neuter, plural], ealdum [dative, masculine, plural], ealdum [dative, feminine, plural], ealdum [dative, neuter, plural], ealdum [instrumental, masculine, plural], ealdum [feminine, instrumental, plural], ealdum [instrumental, neuter, plural], weak [table-tags], ealda [masculine, nominative, singular], ealde [feminine, nominative, singular], ealde [neuter, nominative, singular], ealdan [accusative, masculine, singular], ealdan [accusative, feminine, singular], ealde [accusative, neuter, singular], ealdan [genitive, masculine, singular], ealdan [feminine, genitive, singular], ealdan [genitive, neuter, singular], ealdan [dative, masculine, singular], ealdan [dative, feminine, singular], ealdan [dative, neuter, singular], ealdan [instrumental, masculine, singular], ealdan [feminine, instrumental, singular], ealdan [instrumental, neuter, singular], ealdan [masculine, nominative, plural], ealdan [feminine, nominative, plural], ealdan [neuter, nominative, plural], ealdan [accusative, masculine, plural], ealdan [accusative, feminine, plural], ealdan [accusative, neuter, plural], ealdra [genitive, masculine, plural], ealdena [genitive, masculine, plural], ealdra [feminine, genitive, plural], ealdena [feminine, genitive, plural], ealdra [genitive, neuter, plural], ealdena [genitive, neuter, plural], ealdum [dative, masculine, plural], ealdum [dative, feminine, plural], ealdum [dative, neuter, plural], ealdum [instrumental, masculine, plural], ealdum [feminine, instrumental, plural], ealdum [instrumental, neuter, plural]
  1. old
    Sense id: en-eald-ang-adj-y6BrVzb6 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 86 2 10 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 0 28 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 0 10 0
  2. ancient
    Sense id: en-eald-ang-adj-Qd2jshE7
  3. (in compounds) original Tags: in-compounds
    Sense id: en-eald-ang-adj-BoLF8gdv
  4. grand-
    Sense id: en-eald-ang-adj-aFse3gjK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ald, eold, æld, eld Derived forms: ealdnes, efneald, ieldu

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ealdnes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "efneald"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ieldu"
    }
  ],
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          },
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          "name": "desctree"
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      ],
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      "form": "ieldra",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ieldest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eald",
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      "form": "ealdes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealde",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealde",
      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "ealda",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ealde",
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      "form": "ealdra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "form": "ealdum",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "ealdum",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "ealdum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdum",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "instrumental",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ealdum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "ang-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "ealda",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ealde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "ealde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdan",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ealdan",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ealdan",
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdra",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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          "english": "I tell thee, she was three and sixty years old when she died...",
          "text": "The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn\nIc þē secge, hēo wæs iii and sixtiġ ġēara eald, ðā hēo belȳfen wæs...",
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          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Octaves and Circumcision of Our Lord\"\nÞā ealdan Rōmāne, on hǣðenum dagum, ongunnon þæs ġēares ymbryne on þissum dæġe.",
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      "ipa": "/æ͜ɑld/"
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      "ipa": "[æ͜ɑɫd]"
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        "3": "*aldaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *aldaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂eltós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, a suffixed form of *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ieldra",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ieldest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eald",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eald",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eald",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eald",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eald",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eald",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "ieldra",
        "3": "ieldest"
      },
      "expansion": "eald (comparative ieldra, superlative ieldest)",
      "name": "ang-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eald"
      },
      "name": "ang-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "How old are you?",
          "text": "Hū eald eart þū?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I tell thee, she was three and sixty years old when she died...",
          "text": "The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn\nIc þē secge, hēo wæs iii and sixtiġ ġēara eald, ðā hēo belȳfen wæs...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "old",
          "old"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "in ancient times, in olden days",
          "text": "on ealdum dagum",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The Ancient Romans, in pagan times, began the course of the year on this day.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Octaves and Circumcision of Our Lord\"\nÞā ealdan Rōmāne, on hǣðenum dagum, ongunnon þæs ġēares ymbryne on þissum dæġe.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ancient"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ancient",
          "ancient"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the continental Saxons",
          "text": "Ealdseaxan",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "original"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "original",
          "original"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in compounds) original"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "grand-"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grand-",
          "grand-"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/æ͜ɑld/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[æ͜ɑɫd]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ald"
    },
    {
      "word": "eold"
    },
    {
      "word": "æld"
    },
    {
      "word": "eld"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eald"
}

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