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† foˈrold, v. Obs.
[OE. forealdian, f. for- prefix1 + ealdian to grow old, f. eald, old a. Cf. OHG. faralten (mod.Ger. veralten).]
intr. To grow old, wear out with age.
c900tr. Bæda's Hist. iii. iv. [vi.] (1890) 166 Ne forealdiᵹe þeos hond æfre. a1300Holy Rood 74 (Ashm.) in Leg. Rood (1871) 24 It ne bar noþer lef ne rynde as it uorolded [MS. Vernon for-oldet] were. c1305Edmund Conf. 175 in E.E.P. (1862) 75 He hem forbrende stilleliche: for hi forolþed [S. Eng. Legendary, S. Edmund 175: for-olde] were. |