An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Eild, Eld, s.
1. Any particular period of life, S.
Barbour.
Euin eild, Equal in age.
Douglas.
2. A generation.
Douglas.
3. An era.
Wyntown.
4. The advanced period of life.
Douglas.

A. S. yld, aetas, aevum.

Eild, adj. Old.

A. S. eald, id.

Douglas.

Eildit, part. pa. Aged.
Douglas.

Eildins, Yealings, s. pl. Equals in age.
Burns.

A. S. efen-eald, coaevus, inverted.

To EYNDILL, v. n. To be jealous of; eenil, Fife.
Maitland Poems.

Eyndling, Eyndland, part. pr. Jealous.
Semple.