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ealins, eelans, eeld, eelins, eild, eilded, eildins, eildit, eilings, eld, eyld, yealings, yealins, yeeld,
eild [iːld]
n. Age in general, a period of life. Old age.
v. To grow old.
pt. pp. eildit adj. Aged.
adj. Old, aged.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
eildins [iːldɪnz]: pl. Equals in age, contemporaries, persons born in the same year.
 
within eild: Under age.
Eeldon, Eildon,
Eildon [ˈildən]
pn. Eildon (Borders)
aith, eath, eathly, eeth, eith, eithlie, eithly, eth, ethlie, ethly, eyth,
eith [iːθ, eːθ]
adj. Easy.
adv. Easily, without difficulty.
 
eithly [iːθli, eθli]
adv. Easily.
ejec, ejeck, eject,
eject [əˈdʒɛk(t)]
v. To eject.
elapse [ɛˈlaps]
v. To slip away.
elaskit, elastic, elastick, lastic, lastic, lastick, lastik, leskit, lesteek, lestic,
elastic [ɛlastɪk]
also lastic, elaskit [ˈəlaskɪt], laskit
n. Elastic.
elate [ɛˈlet]
v. Make (someone) ecstatically happy.
pt. elatit, pp. elate #aj. Elated.
elba, elbae, elbaes, elbas, elbi, elbick, elbicks, elbie, elbies, elbik, elbis, elbock, elbocks, elbuck, elbucks, elby, elbys,
elbae [ˈɛlbə]
also elbuck [ˈɛlbʌk, ˈɛlbɔk, ˈɛlbɪk, ˈɛlbək]
n. The elbow.
pl. elbaes, elbucks
v. To elbow.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
pouer tae yer elbae: Strength to carry on.
eildren, elder, elderen, elderin, eldern, eldership, eldren, eldren, eldrin, eldron, eldron, eller, elyer,
elder [ˈɛl(d)ər]
n. An elder, a person who takes part in church government.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
co'-end elder: SW. The cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo.
elderin [ˈɛld(ə)rən]: adj. Elderly, advanced in years. Ancient, of long ago.
eldership: The office of elder, the body of elders or Kirk Session.
kirk elder: A church elder. col. The cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo.
mochrum elder: The Mochrum name for the cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo.
eilding, elden, eldin, elding, hildin, hildin, ilden, ilden, ilder,
eldin [ˈɛldɪn]
n. Any kind of fuel or inflammable material such as peat, sticks, brushwood.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
ilder [I.Sh. ɪldər]: A fishermen's tabu-name for fire.

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