Auld
//oʊld// adj, name
adj, name ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Old. Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, archaic
Adjective
- 1 a Scottish word wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Scots.
Example
More examples"We will sing "Auld Lang Syne" at the stroke of midnight."
Etymology
Etymology 1
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.
Etymology 2
From Scots auld (“old”). Compare the English surname Old.
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