eild

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English

Etymology

See eld.

Noun

eild (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) Age.
    • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso:
      • Book III, xxxv:
      His age was full of puissance and might, / Two sons he had to guard his noble eild.
      • Book IV, xliv:
      Mine uncle govern'd in my tender eild.

Anagrams

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Early Scots ȝeild, from Old English ʒelde.

Pronunciation

Adjective

eild (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Barren or no longer producing milk (of a female mammal, especially a domestic animal).

Noun

eild (plural eilds)

  1. (archaic) An animal which is barren or no longer producing milk.
  2. (archaic) Cattle specifically raised for slaughter.
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