Olde
adj, name
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Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Archaic spelling of old. alt-of, archaic
"Crossbowmen from such distant realms as Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, New York, New Jersey and Delaware, all right there in Merrie Olde Arkansas, in the non-medieval year of 1973."
Proper Noun
- 1 Alternative form of Old. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"Against May, Whitsonday, or other time, all the yung men and maides, olde men and wives, ran gadding over night to the woods, groves, hils, and mountains, where they spend all the night in plesant pastimes ; and in the morning they return, bringing with them birch and branches of trees, to deck their assemblies withall."
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