v. Obs. [OE. forealdian, f. FOR- pref.1 + ealdian to grow old, f. eald, OLD a. Cf. OHG. faralten (mod. Ger. veralten).] intr. To grow old, wear out with age.
c. 900. trans. Bæda’s Hist., III. iv. [vi.] (1890), 166. Ne forealdiȝe þeos hond æfre.
a. 1300. Holy Rood, 74 (Ashm.), in Leg. Rood (1871), 24. It ne bar noþer lef ne rynde as it uorolded [MS. Vernon, for-oldet] were.
c. 1305. Edmund Conf., 175, in E. E. P. (1862), 75. He hem forbrende stilleliche: for hi forolþed [S. Eng. Legendary, S. Edmund, 175: for-olde] were.
