Elder vs Eld - What's the difference?
elder | eld |
Comparative of old: older, greater than another in age or seniority.
* The elder' of the two was also an ' elder statesman
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=5 An older person or an older member, usually a leader, of some community.
One who is older than another.
One who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
* L'Estrange
An officer of a church, sometimes having teaching responsibilities.
A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments.
(US, Mormonism) One ordained to the lowest office in the .
(US, Mormonism) Male missionary, title for a male missionary; title for a .
(paganism, and, Heathenry) A pagan or Heathen priest or priestess.
A small tree, Sambucus nigra , having white flowers in a cluster, and edible purple berries
Any of the other species of the genus Sambucus : small trees, shrubs or herbaceous perennials with red, purple, or white/yellow berries (some of which are poisonous).
(rare, or, dialectal) One's age, age in years, period of life.
* 1868 , John Eadie, A Biblical cyclopædia :
* 1913 , Paulist Fathers, Catholic world :
(archaic, or, poetic) Old age, senility; an old person.
* 1912', Herbert Van Allen Ferguson, ''Rhymes of '''eld :
* 1912 , Arthur S. Way, translating Euripides, Medea , Heinemann 1946, p. 329:
* 1904 , , The Sun's Shame , II, lines 1-3
(archaic, or, poetic) Time; an age, an indefinitely long period of time.
(archaic, or, poetic) Former ages, antiquity, olden times.
* 1891 , Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country , Nebraska 2005, p. 38:
(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.
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As a proper noun elder
is .As a noun eld is
(rare|or|dialectal) one's age, age in years, period of life.As an adjective eld is
(obsolete) old.As a verb eld is
(intransitive|archaic|poetic|or|dialectal) to age, become or grow old.elder
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) eldra, from (etyl) . The vowel change from a'' to ''e'' triggered by the following ''i is called .Adjective
(head)citation, passage=She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination. The elder woman returned with dressings and a sponge, which she placed on a chair.}}
Usage notes
The normal comparative of old'' is (m). The irregular form (m) is sometimes used with family members, but otherwise rare (except in fixed expressions such as ''elder statesman''). ''Elder'' is generally limited to attributive position (my elder brother) and does not occur in predicative position (*''my brother is elder ).Noun
(en noun)- We were presented to the village elder .
- Respect your elders .
- Carry your head as your elders have done.
- a travelling elder
- After being a member of the Church for a while, Bill was ordained to the office of elder .
- Jack had been an elder for only a few days when he received a new calling.
- The elders are coming over for dinner tonight.
- One of the long-time leaders in the Church is Elder Packer.
Derived terms
* elderdom * elderhood * elderly * eldership * elder statesman * elder stateswomanEtymology 2
(wikipedia elder) (Sambucus) (Sambucus) From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* box elder * dwarf elder * elderberry * marsh eldereld
English
Alternative forms
* * (l), (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)Noun
(en-noun)- The experience of many years gave old men peculiar qualification for various offices; and elders, or men of a ripe or advanced eld or age, were variously employed under the Mosaic law.
- Promptly appeared a paragon, aged twenty-five or thereabouts, and exhibiting all the steadiness and serenity of advanced eld .
- The withered limbs of eld , the thin, gray hair [...]
- the alien wife / No crown of honour was as eld drew on.
- ''As some true chief of men, bowed down with stress
- ''Of life's disastrous eld , on blossoming youth
- ''May gaze, and murmur with self-pity and ruth, -
- Once adown the dewy way a youthful cavalier spurred with a maiden mounted behind him, swiftly passing out of sight, recalling to the imagination some romance of eld , when the damosel fled with her lover.