(rare or dialectal) One's age, age in years, period of life. / (archaic or poetic) Old age, senility; an old person. / (archaic or poetic) Time; an age, an indefinitely long period of time.

(obsolete) Old.

(intransitive, archaic, poetic or dialectal) To age, become or grow old. / (intransitive, archaic or poetic) To delay; linger. / (transitive, archaic or poetic) To make old, age.

Pronunciation spelling of held. simple past tense and past participle of 'old

simple past tense and past participle of eld

(chiefly dialectal) firewood; fuel / rubbish

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eld

A surname.

plural of Elding

comparative degree of old: older, greater than another in age or seniority.