öld f (aldar, aldir)
1. (tímabil) age
~ tækninnar
age of technology, technological age
2. (hundrað ár) century
nítjánda ~in
the nineteenth century
3. phrases
frá alda öðli
from time immemorial
fyrir allar aldir
at the crack of dawn
þá var ~in önnur
things were different then/in those days