eld – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to eld
Participle: elded
Gerund: elding

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of eld

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	eld
we	Let's eld
you	eld

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to stay or remain in a place or situation

abide, linger, retard, stay, tarry, wait

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. From Middle English elde, from Old English ieldu, eldo, ieldo (“age, period of time; period; time of life, years; mature or old age, eld; an age of the world, era, epoch”), from Proto-West Germanic *aldī, from Proto-Germanic *alþį̄ (“eld, age”), from *aldaz (“grown up, mature, old”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (“to raise, feed”).
2. Cognate with Scots eild (“age”), North Frisian jelde (“age”), German Älte (“age”), Danish ælde (“eld, age”), Icelandic elli (“eld, age”). Related also to Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍃 (alds, “generation, age”), Old English alan (“to grow up, nourish”). More at old. See: Frisian, Northern 'jelde', Danish 'ælde', Old English 'alan'.

Sample Sentences