æfteryldo

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæf.terˌyl.do/, [ˈæf.terˌyɫ.do]

Etymology

By surface analysis, æfter (“after”) +‎ ieldu (“age”)

Noun

æfteryldo f

1. old age
2. an 'after-age,' a time after or since
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Æfter þyssum cōm gōd ġēar, ⁊ swā ēac miċel ġenihtsumnys wǣstma on Breotone lond, swā nǣniġ æfteryldo syððan ġemunan mæġ.

     After that came a good year, and there was such a great abundance of produce in the land of Britain, as no age since can record.

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “æfteryldo”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.