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# (''{{glossary|dated}} or {{glossary|peotic|poet.}}'') A blaze; a pyre, bonfire.  
# (''{{glossary|dated}} or {{glossary|peotic|poet.}}'') A blaze; a pyre, bonfire.  
#: ''synonym'': {{cd|bál}}
#: ''synonym'': {{cd|bál}}
# (''{{glossary|feminine|fem.}}''; ''cn.'') A flock of birds in flight; a cloud of bats.
# (''{{glossary|feminine|fem.}}''; ''cn.'') A flock of birds in flight;
#: ''syn.'': {{cd|elta}}
#: ''syn.'': {{cd|elta}}
# (''hence''; ''{{glossary|figurative|fig.}}'') A group of people, ''esp.'' in motion.
# (''hence''; ''{{glossary|figurative|fig.}}'') A group of people, ''esp.'' in motion.

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Middle Anrish

Etymology

Likely inherited from Germanic *ailidaz and influenced by Goidelic ell and Old Norse eildr.

Pronunciation

(Annerish) IPA: /iːl͈ˠ/ [iˑə̯ɫ]

  • slender ending: /ˈiːl͈ʲdʲə/ [ˈiˑɘ̯ld̥͡ʒə]
Inflection of eald
 Ⅰ ᴍᴀsᴄ.  ɴᴏᴍ. ɢᴇɴ. ᴀᴛ. ᴏᴄ.
sɢ.  eald   eıldeʜ  eald(ʟ)  eıld(e)ʟ
ᴘʟ.  eıldʟ  ealdaɴ  ealdaıb   eıldʟ
ᴄᴏʟ.  ealdaʜ  eald(ʟ)  ealdaʟ

Noun

eald (runic:ᛁᚭᚳᚿ)

  1. (masc.; cn.) A rush of feeling, a blush or flush;
  2. (dated or poet.) A blaze; a pyre, bonfire.
    synonym: bál
  3. (fem.; cn.) A flock of birds in flight;
    syn.: elta
  4. (hence; fig.) A group of people, esp. in motion.
  5. (col.; ealdae, ealdaíb) Pains of labour, contractions, convultions, pangs.

See also