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Eld

Definitions: Eld

Eld

Noun

1. 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.

 

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Eld

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.

EntrySourceExpressionField

ELD

EnglishElectrolytic Liquid DisplayN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Eld

Synonyms: age (n), geezerhood (n), old age (n), years (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Eld

ContextSynonyms 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.

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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).

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Modern Usage: Eld

DomainUsage

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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Commercial Usage: Eld

DomainTitle

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Eld

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Usage Frequency: Eld

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Eld

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.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
EldLast name10073,253
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Eld

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "eld": eld-er.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Eld

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
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.

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Modern Translations: Eld

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.

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Bible Trace: Eld

LanguageDateSourceGenesis Chapter 15, Verse 15
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintSu de apeleush proV touV pateraV sou met' eirhnhV tafeiV en ghrei kalw
Latin405VulgateTu autem ibis ad patres tuos in pace sepultus in senectute bona
Old English990West SaxonÞu soðlice forðfærst on sibbe, þonne ðin tima cymð on godre ylde to þinum ealdfæderum.
Middle English1395WyclifThow forsothe shalt go to thi fadres in pees, biried also in god eld.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleNeuerthelesse thou shalt goo vnto thi fathers in peace ad shalt be buried when thou art of a good age:
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Basic English1964OgdenAs 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.

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Matched Bible Translations: Eld

LanguageGenesis Chapter 15, Verse 15
BulgarianА ти ще отидеш при бащите си в мир; ще бъдеш погребан в честита старост.
CebuanoUg 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 。
CroatianA ti æeš k ocima svojim u miru poæi, u sretnoj starosti bit æeš sahranjen.
DanishMen du skal fare til dine Fædre i Fred og blive jordet i en god Alderdom.
DutchEn gij zult tot uw vaderen gaan met vrede; gij zult in goeden ouderdom begraven worden.
FinnishMutta sinä saat mennä isiesi tykö rauhassa, ja sinut haudataan päästyäsi korkeaan ikään.
FrenchToi, tu iras en paix vers tes pères, tu seras enterré après une heureuse vieillesse.
GermanUnd du sollst fahren zu deinen Vätern mit Frieden und in gutem Alter begraben werden.
Haitian CreoleKanta 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.
HungarianTe pedig elmégy a te atyáidhoz békességgel, eltemettetel jó vénségben.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariEngkau sendiri akan mencapai usia yang tinggi; engkau akan mati dengan tenang, lalu dikuburkan.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka engkau akan kembali kepada segala nenek moyangmu dengan selamat dan engkau akan dikuburkan pada masa cukup tuamu.
ItalianQuanto a te, andrai in pace presso i tuoi padri; sarai sepolto dopo una vecchiaia felice.
Korean너 " 장 수 하 다 가 평 안 히 조 상 에 게 로 돌 아 가 장 사 것 이 "
MaoriKo koe ia ka haere marie ki ou matua; ka pai tou koroheketanga, a tanumia noatia koe.
Modern Greekσυ δε θελεις απελθει προς τους πατερας σου εν ειρηνη· θελεις ενταφιασθη εν γηρατι καλω·
NorwegianMen du skal fare til dine fedre i fred og bli begravet i en god alderdom.
PortugueseTu, porém, irás em paz para teus pais; em boa velhice serás sepultado.   
RumanianTu vei merge kn pace la pqrinyii tqi; vei fi kngropat dupq o bqtrkneyq fericitq.
SpanishPero tú irás a tus padres en paz y serás sepultado en buena vejez.
SwedishMen du själv skall gå till dina fäder i frid och bliva begraven i en god ålder.
Thaiเจ้าจะไปตามบรรพบุรุษของเจ้าโ"ยผาสุก ในเวลาชรามากเจ้าจะถูกฝังไว้
UkrainianА ти до сво"ї рідні прийдеш у мирі, у старості добрій похований будеш.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: Eld

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).

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Anagrams: Eld

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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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Eld


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 6C 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01101100 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#108 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 006C 0064

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

397870

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Names: Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Bible Trace
13. Abbreviations
14. Acronyms
15. Derivations
16. Anagrams
17. Orthography
18. Bibliography


  

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