eldast

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛltast/

  Rhymes: -ɛltast

Etymology 1

From eldri (“older”).

Verb

eldast (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative eltist, supine elst)

1. to age, to grow older, to become older

Etymology 2

Verb

eldast

1. mediopassive of elda; to become cooked

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• eldas (non-standard since 2012)

Etymology

Passive form of elde (“to make old”).

Verb

eldast (present tense eldest, past tense eldest, supine eldst)

1. (intransitive) to age (grow older)

References

• “eldast” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.