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Definitions: Eld |
EldNoun1. Late time of life; "old age is not for sissies," "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood". 2. A time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "eld" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
"Eld" is a common misspelling or typo for: elf, end, geld, held, led, meld, old, weld. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ELD | English | Electrolytic Liquid Display | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: EldSynonyms: age (n), geezerhood (n), old age (n), years (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
The Past | Noun: the past, past time; days of yore, times of yore, days of old, times of old, days past, times past, days gone by, times gone by; bygone days; old times, ancient times, former times; fore time; the good old days, the olden time, good old time; auld lang syne; eld. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Eld |
| Etymologies containing "eld": Eild. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Eld" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Swedish (Ardor, ardour, enthusiasm, fire, flame, light, spirit). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Blod och eld (1945) Jag är eld och luft (1944) Det brinner en eld (1943) Adolf i eld och lågor (1939) Eld ombord (1923) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Economic History | Thailand | The primary organizational forms for commercial enterprises are the sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture and foreign branch . All are similar in nature to those found in the United States . Limited liability companies, however, are more often privately eld rather than public corporations . The majority of foreign corporations operating in Thailand do so through private limited liability companies. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Eld" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Eld" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "eld" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Eld | Last name | 100 | 73,253 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "eld": eld-er. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
eld | 59 |
eld genom och vatten | 19 |
eld genom och sarek vatten | 18 |
eld lesson plan | 13 |
eld standard | 10 |
eld lesson | 6 |
eld genom och text vatten | 5 |
bill eld | 4 |
eld strategy | 4 |
eld och sarek vatten | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "eld"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Pleqëri (age, anility, old age, senility), Kohë Të Vjetra. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Едно 'реме, Старост (Hoar). (various references) | |
Czech | Staré Èasy. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ֹש ות. (various references) | |
Hungarian | Öregkor. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | elday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | Espaço (A condition, air, breadth, clear, compasses, distance, gap, interrecord gap, record gap, room, roominess, space, space character, spatium). (various references) | |
Russian | Старость. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | drevnost (hoariness). (various references) | |
Spanish | Vejez (anno domini, elderly, old age, seniors). (various references) | |
Turkish | Geçmiş Zaman (lang syne, past, past tense, preterit, preterite), Ýleri Yaş. (various references) | |
Ukranian | Старість, Старовина. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 15, Verse 15 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Su de apeleush proV touV pateraV sou met' eirhnhV tafeiV en ghrei kalw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Tu autem ibis ad patres tuos in pace sepultus in senectute bona |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Þu soðlice forðfærst on sibbe, þonne ðin tima cymð on godre ylde to þinum ealdfæderum. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Thow forsothe shalt go to thi fadres in pees, biried also in god eld. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Neuerthelesse thou shalt goo vnto thi fathers in peace ad shalt be buried when thou art of a good age: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | As for you, you will go to your fathers in peace; at the end of a long life you will be put in your last resting-place. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 15, Verse 15 |
| Bulgarian | А ти ще отидеш при бащите си в мир; ще бъдеш погребан в честита старост. |
| Cebuano | Ug ikaw moadto sa imong mga ginikanan nga may pagpakigdait, ug igalubong ka sa pagkatigulang kaayo. |
| Chinese | 但 要 享 大 壽 數 、 平 平 安 安 的 歸 到 列 祖 那 裡 、 被 人 埋 葬 。 |
| Croatian | A ti æeš k ocima svojim u miru poæi, u sretnoj starosti bit æeš sahranjen. |
| Danish | Men du skal fare til dine Fædre i Fred og blive jordet i en god Alderdom. |
| Dutch | En gij zult tot uw vaderen gaan met vrede; gij zult in goeden ouderdom begraven worden. |
| Finnish | Mutta sinä saat mennä isiesi tykö rauhassa, ja sinut haudataan päästyäsi korkeaan ikään. |
| French | Toi, tu iras en paix vers tes pères, tu seras enterré après une heureuse vieillesse. |
| German | Und du sollst fahren zu deinen Vätern mit Frieden und in gutem Alter begraben werden. |
| Haitian Creole | Kanta ou menm, ou pral mouri ak kè poze, ou pral jwenn zansèt ou yo ki mouri deja. Wi, anvan ou antre anba tè, wa viv lontan san ankenn pwoblèm. |
| Hungarian | Te pedig elmégy a te atyáidhoz békességgel, eltemettetel jó vénségben. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Engkau sendiri akan mencapai usia yang tinggi; engkau akan mati dengan tenang, lalu dikuburkan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka engkau akan kembali kepada segala nenek moyangmu dengan selamat dan engkau akan dikuburkan pada masa cukup tuamu. |
| Italian | Quanto a te, andrai in pace presso i tuoi padri; sarai sepolto dopo una vecchiaia felice. |
| Korean | 너 " 장 수 하 다 가 평 안 히 조 상 에 게 로 돌 아 가 장 사 것 이 " |
| Maori | Ko koe ia ka haere marie ki ou matua; ka pai tou koroheketanga, a tanumia noatia koe. |
| Modern Greek | συ δε θελεις απελθει προς τους πατερας σου εν ειρηνη· θελεις ενταφιασθη εν γηρατι καλω· |
| Norwegian | Men du skal fare til dine fedre i fred og bli begravet i en god alderdom. |
| Portuguese | Tu, porém, irás em paz para teus pais; em boa velhice serás sepultado. |
| Rumanian | Tu vei merge kn pace la pqrinyii tqi; vei fi kngropat dupq o bqtrkneyq fericitq. |
| Spanish | Pero tú irás a tus padres en paz y serás sepultado en buena vejez. |
| Swedish | Men du själv skall gå till dina fäder i frid och bliva begraven i en god ålder. |
| Thai | เจ้าจะไปตามบรรพบุรุษของเจ้าโ"ยผาสุก ในเวลาชรามากเจ้าจะถูกฝังไว้ |
| Ukrainian | А ти до сво"ї рідні прийдеш у мирі, у старості добрій похований будеш. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "eld": elder, elderberries, elderberry, elderlies, elderliness, elderlinesses, elderly, elders, eldership, elderships, eldest, eldress, eldresses, eldrich, eldritch, elds. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "eld": afield, airfield, backfield, battlefield, beheld, bield, brickfield, brownfield, canfield, chesterfield, chield, coalfield, cornfield, danegeld, downfield, field, fjeld, geld, goldfield, grainfield, greenfield, handheld, hayfield, held, infield, meld, midfield, minefield, misfield, outfield, outyield, overheld, overwithheld, playfield, reweld, shield, snowfield, subfield, upfield, upheld, veld, weld, wergeld, wield, windshield, withheld, yeld, yield. (additional references) | |
Words containing "eld": aceldama, aceldamas, airfields, backfields, battlefields, beldam, beldame, beldames, beldams, bielded, bielding, bields, brickfields, brownfields, canfields, chesterfields, chields, coalfields, cornfields, danegelds, dieldrin, dieldrins, feldsher, feldshers, feldspar, feldspars, feldspathic, fielded, fielder, fielders, fieldfare, fieldfares, fielding, fieldpiece, fieldpieces, fields, fieldstone, fieldstones, fieldstrip, fieldstripped, fieldstripping, fieldstrips, fieldstript, fieldwork, fieldworks, fjelds, gelded, gelder, gelders, gelding, geldings, gelds, goldfields, grainfields, handhelds, hayfields, heldentenor, heldentenors, hoteldom, hoteldoms, infielder, infielders, infields, melded, melder, melders, melding, melds, midfielder, midfielders, midfields, minefields, misfielded, misfielding, misfields, outfielder, outfielders, outfields, outyielded, outyielding, outyields, playfields, rebeldom, rebeldoms, rewelded, rewelding, rewelds, romeldale, romeldales, seldom, seldomly, sheldrake, sheldrakes, shelduck, shelducks, shielded, shielder, shielders, shielding, shields, snowfields, subfields, unshielded, unwelded, unwieldier, unwieldiest, unwieldily, unwieldiness, unwieldinesses, unwieldy, unyielding, unyieldingly, velds, veldt, veldts, weldable, welded, welder, welders, welding, weldless, weldment, weldments, weldor, weldors, welds, wergelds, wielded, wielder, wielders, wieldier, wieldiest, wielding, wields, wieldy, windshields, yielded, yielder, yielders, yielding, yields. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: del, led. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-l" | |
-1 letter: de, ed, el. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-l" | |
+1 letter: bled, dale, deal, deil, dele, delf, deli, dell, dels, delt, diel, dole, duel, elds, fled, geld, gled, held, idle, lade, lead, lend, leud, lewd, lied, lode, lude, meld, pled, sled, veld, weld, yeld. | |
+2 letters: addle, ailed, alder, axled, baled, bedel, bield, blade, bleed, blend, blued, clade, clued, coled, dales, deals, dealt, decal, dedal, deils, delay, deled, deles, delfs, delft, delis, dells, delly, delta, delts, delve, devel, devil, dhole, dolce, doled, doles, dowel, duels, dulse, duple, dwell, dwelt, dynel, edile, eland, elder, elide, elude, felid, field, filed, fjeld, flied, flued, gelds, gelid, glade, glede, gleds, gleed, glide, glued, haled, holed, ideal, idled, idler, idles, isled, laced, laded, laden, lader, lades, ladle, laked, lamed, lased, lated, laved, lawed, layed, lazed, leads, leady, ledge, ledgy, lends, leuds, liked, limed, lined, lived, lobed, loden, lodes, lodge, looed, loped, loved, lowed, loxed, lubed, ludes, luged, lured, luted, lysed, medal, melds, model, muled, naled, odyle, ogled, oiled, olden, older, oldie, padle, paled, pedal, piled, plead, plied, poled, puled, redly, riled, ruled, sidle, sleds, slide, slued, soled, tilde, tiled, toled, unled, velds, veldt, voled, waled, weald, wedel, welds, wield, wiled, wyled, yield, yodel, yodle. | |
+3 letters: addled, addles, adenyl, aedile, afield, agedly, aisled, alated, albedo, alcade, alders, aldose, alined, aliped, allied, allude, almude, aludel, ambled, aneled, angled, ankled, argled, ariled, audile, aulder, bailed, balded, balder, balked, balled, bawled, beadle, bedell, bedels, bedlam, beglad, beheld, behold, belady, belaud, beldam, belied, belled, belted, bields, bilged, bilked, billed, bindle, birled, bladed, blades, blamed, blared, blawed, blazed, bleeds, blende, blends, blonde, blowed, blumed, boiled, bolder, bolide, bolled, bolted, boodle, bordel, bowled, bridle, buddle, bugled, bulbed, bulged, bulked, bulled, bundle, burled, butled, byrled, cabled, calked, called, calmed, calved, candle, caudle, cedula, ceiled, celled, chield, childe, clades, clawed, clayed, cleped, clerid, clewed, cloned, closed, cloyed, coaled, coddle, coiled, colder, colead, cooled, cowled, cradle, credal, cuddle, cudgel, culled, culmed, curdle, curled, cycled, dabble, daddle, daedal, daggle, daledh, daleth, dalles, damsel, dandle, dangle, dapple, darkle, darnel, dartle, dawdle, dazzle, deadly, deafly, dealer, dearly, deasil, decals, decile, deckel, deckle, declaw, deeply, defile, deflea, deftly, delate, delays, delead, delete, delfts, delict, delime, delist, deltas, deltic, delude, deluge, deluxe, delved, delver, delves, denial, dental, dentil, deploy, derail, dermal, desalt, detail, devels, devils, dewily, dewlap, dewool, dholes, dialed, dialer, dibble, diddle, diesel, dilate, dildoe, dilled, dilute, dimple, dindle, dingle, diplex, diploe, dipole, direly, dirled, dispel, djebel, doable, docile, dogleg, doiled, dolled, dolmen, dongle, donzel, doodle, doolee, doolie, dorsel, dossel, dottel, dottle, double, dowels, doyley, dreidl, drivel, dueled, dueler, duelli, duello, duffel, duffle, dulcet, dulled, duller, dulses, duplex, dwells, dyable, dynels, edgily, edible, ediles, eidola, elands, elapid, elated, elders, eldest, elided, elides, elodea, eloped, eluded, eluder, eludes, eluted, enfold, engild, exiled, eyelid, fabled, failed, fardel, felids, felled, felted, feudal, fiddle, fields, filled, filmed, fjelds, flaked, flamed, flared, flawed, flayed, fledge, fledgy, flexed, fleyed, flited, flowed, fluked, flumed, fluted, fluxed, flyted, foaled, fodgel, foiled, folded, folder, fondle, fooled, fouled, fowled, fuddle, fueled, fugled, fulled, furled, gabled, galled, gaoled, gelada, gelded, gelder, gelled, gilded, gilder, gilled, girdle, glades, glared, glazed, gledes, gleeds, gleyed, glided, glider, glides, glimed, globed, gloved, glowed, glozed, goaled, golden, golder, golfed, guiled, gulden, gulfed, gulled, gulped, hailed, halide, haloed, halted, halved, handle, hauled, healed, heddle, heeled, heiled, helled, helmed, helped, helved, herald, hilled, hilted, holden, holder, holked, hondle, howled, huddle, hulked, hulled, hurdle, hurled, ideals, idlers, idlest, indole, jailed, jelled, jilted, jolted, jowled, keeled, keloid, kelped, killed, kilned, kilted, kindle, kludge, lacked, ladder, laddie, ladens, laders, ladies, ladled, ladler, ladles, lagend, lagged, laired, lalled, lambed, lamedh, lameds, lammed, lamped, lanced, landed, lander, lapped, lapsed, larded, larder, larked, lashed, lasted, lathed, lauded, lauder, lazied, leaded, leaden, leader, leafed, leaked, leaned, leaped, leased, leaved, leched, ledger, ledges, leered, legend, legged, lender, lensed, letted, leudes, leveed, levied, lewder, lewdly, licked, lidded, lieder, lifted, lilied, lilted, limbed, limned, limped, linden, linked, lipide, lipped, lisped, listed, loaded, loader, loafed, loamed, loaned, lobbed, locked, locoed, lodens, lodged, lodger, lodges, lofted, logged, lolled, longed, looked, loomed, looped, loosed, looted, lopped, lorded, lotted, louden, louder, louped, loured, loused, louted, lucked, luffed, lugged, lulled, lumped, lunged, lunted, lurked, lushed, lusted, macled, mailed, malfed, malled, malted, marled, mauled, medals, meddle, medfly, medial, medlar, medley, melded, melder, melled, melody, meloid, melted, mewled, middle, midleg, milden, milder, mildew, milked, milled, milted, misled, mobled, models, module, moiled, molded, molder, molted, muddle, mulled, nailed, naleds, needle, nilled, noddle, nodule, noodle, nudely, nulled, nurled, odyles, oldest, oldies, oodles, ordeal, paddle, padles, palled, palmed, parled, pealed, pedalo, pedals, peddle, pedlar, pedler, peeled, pelted, piddle, pilled, placed, planed, plated, played, pleads, pledge, pleiad, plowed, ployed, plumed, polder, polled, poodle, pooled, puddle, pulled, pulped, pulsed, purled, raddle, railed, reclad, reddle, redial, redleg, reeled, refold, regild, relaid, relend, relied, reload, remold, repled, resold, retold, reweld, riddle, ridgel, ridley, rifled, rilled, roiled, rolfed, rolled, rondel, ruddle, rudely, rundle, saddle, sailed, salted, salved, scaled, sealed, sedile, seeled, seidel, seldom, selfed, sendal, shaled, shield, sidled, sidler, sidles, silked, siloed, silted, slaked, slated, slaved, slayed, sledge, slewed, sliced, slider, slides, slimed, sliped, sloped, slowed, sludge, smiled, soiled, solder, soloed, solved, souled, spiled, staled, stoled, styled, sulked, tabled, tailed, talced, talked, teledu, tholed, tildes, tilled, tilted, tirled, titled, toddle, toiled, toledo, tolled, tooled, unlade, unlead, upheld, vailed, valued, valved, vealed, veiled, veldts, vialed, waddle, wadmel, wailed, walked, walled, wandle, wauled, wawled, wealds, wedeln, wedels, welded, welder, weldor, welled, welted, whaled, whiled, widdle, widely, wields, wieldy, wilder, willed, wilted, windle, wolfed, wooled, yawled, yelled, yelped, yields, yodels, yodled, yodler, yodles, yolked, yowled. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6C 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .-.. -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101100 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E l d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006C 0064 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)397870 |
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