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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1460, 1513-1535, 1590
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Elde, Eild, v. [ME. eelde, elde, OE. ealdian.] intr. To grow old. Also in p.p. eildit, aged.(1) c1460 Vertewis of the Mess 3944.
Al the tyme that a persone be at the mes he standis in sted, and eildis nocht 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. xiv.
He … Eildis richt fast, and deith him sone ouir halis 1531 Ib. II. 514.
He that eildis in his awin cuntre, … for laik of experience, is bot ane barne 1533 Id. Livy I. 92/29.
The sonnys of Ancus … fled in strange and vncouth landis, … quhare thare eldit in miserye(2) 1513 Doug. vi. v. 19.
All thocht he eildit was, or step in age 1535 Stewart 17031.
Eildit he wes and of his curage blunt c1590 J. Stewart 33/93.
Bot he vas eildit, and his ase did tyre
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