adj. phr. Obs. Also at-eald. [f. AT- pref.2 + OLD; a unique combination, of which the prefix may be compared to OE. úð- in úðwita an extra-wise man, a sage.] Too old.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 125. His [Zacharie’s] woreldes make was teames atold, and unberinde. Ibid., 133. Two lif holi men … þe weren boðe teames ateald.
