Obs. Also 1 eld-an, (WS. ield-an, yld-an), 2 eld-en. [OE. ęldan (in WS. ięldan, yldan) = OHG. alten to delay (also more literally to make or become old):—OTeut. *alđjan, f. *alđo OLD.] trans. and intr. To put off to a later time, defer, delay.
c. 897. K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past., xxi. 152. Se lareow ieldende secð ðone timan.
a. 1121. O. E. Chron. (Laud MS.), ann. 1100. Þeah þe ic hit læng ylde.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 21. Þe wrecche sunfulle ne elde nawiht þet he ne ga to bote þe wile he mei.
