Ild

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ild

Add: II :-- Seó mearewæste cildes yld tenerrima infantis etatula, An. Ox. 2867. Hē his ealdan ylde ofergetiligende . . . arn, Hml. S. 23 b, 185. Hē hit eác gefremode, git hē þā ylde hæfde he would have done it too, if he had had the requisite age, 31, 27. III. of a particular time of life. (l) old age :-- Ābogenre, hnīpendre ylde cernua, curua uelustate, An. Ox. 1280. Ic mid ylde (for yldum, ) gewǣht eom, Hml. S. 23b, 782. (l a) of things :-- Ǣlc hūsl þe bid on ylde omne sacrificium quod est vetustate corruplum, Ll. Th. ii. 218, 9. (2) youth :-- Mīne ylde iuuentulem meam, Ps. L. 42, 4. v. cild-, for-, ofer-ild. ild

Related words: l.