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Old English
Etymology
By surface analysis, æfter (“after”) + ieldu (“age”)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈæf.terˌyl.do/,
Noun
æfteryldo f
- old age
- an 'after-age,' a time after or since
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Æfter þyssum cōm gōd ġēar, ⁊ swā ēac miċel ġenihtsumnys wǣstma on Breotone lond, swā nǣniġ æfteryldo syððan ġemunan mæġ.- After that came a good year, and there was such a great abundance of produce in the land of Britain, as no age since can record.
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