auld
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Scots auld or from Northern Middle English auld, aulde, awld, awlde, ald, alde, from Northumbrian Old English ald, variant of Old English eald (“old, mature, venerable; antique, ancient, primeval”), from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“grown up; old”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós (“grown, nourished, matured”). Compare cognate Latin altus (“nourished, raised, grown; tall”). Doublet of old.
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: ôld, IPA(key): /ɔ(ː)ld/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɔld/
- (UK) IPA(key): /əʊld/, IPA(key): /ɔːld/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ɑːld/
- (Liverpool) IPA(key): /aːʊl/
- Rhymes: -əʊld, -ɔːld
Adjective edit
auld (comparative aulder, superlative auldest)
Synonyms edit
- aged, eldern, hoary; see also Thesaurus:old
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “auld”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “auld”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “auld”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “auld”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Auld”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 564, column 2.
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “auld”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volume I, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 381, column 1.
Anagrams edit
Scots edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Northern Middle English auld, aulde, awld, awlde, ald, alde, from Northumbrian Old English ald, variant of Old English eald (“old, mature, venerable; antique, ancient, primeval”), from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“grown up; old”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós (“grown, nourished, matured”). Compare cognate Latin altus (“nourished, raised, grown; tall”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Central Scots, Southern Scots) IPA(key): /ɔl(d)/
- (Doric Scots, Southern Scots, cat–caught merger) IPA(key): /al(d)/
Adjective edit
auld (comparative aulder, superlative auldest)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “auld”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “auld” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.