ealdian

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *aldēn. Equivalent to eald (“old”) +‎ -ian. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæ͜ɑl.di.ɑn/, [ˈæ͜ɑɫ.di.ɑn] === Verb === ealdian to grow or be old, become old Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== onealdian, forealdian, ætealdod, geealdian ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: alden, olden English: old, eld === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ealdian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.