eld
老齢・古の時代
解説 Definition
古語で老年・高齢のこと。また、昔の時代や古い時代を意味する。
Eld is an archaic or poetic noun meaning old age, advanced years, or a remote time in the past. It occurs mainly in historical or literary language rather than in ordinary modern conversation.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
eld は old、elder と同根の古語で、「年を重ねた状態」から老齢を表し、さらに詩的に「いにしえの時代」も指す。現代の日常会話の age や old age より古風なので、in his eld「彼の老年に」や stories from the eld「いにしえの物語」のような文学的場面と一緒に覚える。
Link eld with old and elder: all belong to the same historical word family and concern age or seniority. Eld names either the condition of old age or, poetically, an ancient period. That is why in his eld can mean “in his old age,” while tales from the eld evokes stories from long ago. The crucial usage point is register: modern speakers normally say age, old age, or ancient times, so eld is most likely to appear in poetry, fantasy, or deliberately archaic prose.
例文
The poet wrote of the eld, a time when knights rode across the land.
詩人は騎士たちが大地を駆け巡った古の時代について書いた。
In the eld of his years, the king reflected on the battles of his youth.
老年を迎え、王は若き日の戦いを振り返った。
Stories from the eld were passed down through generations by oral tradition.
いにしえの物語は口承伝統によって世代を超えて伝えられた。
eld の類義語・関連語
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eld の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 eldu/yldu（老齢）に由来し、eald（古い）と同根。ゲルマン祖語 *aldiz から派生。関連語の elder（年長者）や old（古い）と同じ語根を持ち、「年を重ねた状態」が原義。英語では詩的・古語的表現として残る。
Eld descends from Old English ieldu or yldu, meaning “age” or “old age,” and is related to Old English eald, the ancestor of modern old. These forms continue a Germanic word family concerned with growing old or having lived longer. Elder and eldest preserve related comparative and superlative formations. Eld survived chiefly in Scots and in archaic or poetic English, where it could also evoke antiquity or a former age.
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