Old English Dictionary Entry

Or-ildu

Part of speech: (o); Related words: or-eald. or-ildu

Definitions

1 definitions

1 or-ildu

f. Extreme old age :-- Hine (death) gelettan ðæt hé ðý lator cymþ, ge furþum óþ oreldo hí hine hwílum lettaþ (put off death until extreme old age), Bt. 41, 2 ; Fox 246, 9. Á ic wundor ðín weorðlíc sægde and ic ðæt wið oryldu áwa fremme usque nunc pronuntiabo mirabilia tua, et usque in senectam et senium, Ps. Th. 70, 16.

Similar Words

oancettan
oandell
oanon-dóm
oawel-leáf
oc

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚱ-ᛁᛚᛞᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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