elden

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To advance in eld or old age; to grow older; to age. archaic,intransitive
    — Margery looked up at him, colouring, startled, suspicious. "Truth, Lady, you've no call to look at me thus," Hugh said, smiling. "I'm eldening now, like my late master, God cherish him, but I'm not so old I can't remember what it is to burn, […]
形容词 adj.
  1. Rare form of olden. form-of,not-comparable,rare
    — In the orient, elden age, / Ere man had learned to wage / Dispassionate war against his natural mind, / Thy voice of mystery— / Reading aloud the earth’s extended page, / Bade human aspirations find, / In the cool fountain and the forest tree, / A sentient Deity; […]

词形变化

eldens present,singular,third-person eldening participle,present eldened participle,past eldened past

词源

词源 1
From eld + -en (“to become”). Compare Middle English elden, ealdien (“to age, grow older”). More at eld.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English eld
English -en
English elden
From eld + -en (“pertaining to”).
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