auld
See also: Auld
English
Alternative forms
- ould
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oːld/, IPA(key): /ɔːld/, (Liverpool) IPA(key): /aːʊl/
Adjective
auld (comparative aulder, superlative auldest)
- (archaic, Northern England, Liverpudlian, Scotland) old
Anagrams
- Daul, Dula, dual, laud, udal
Scots
Etymology
From Old English eald, ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *altós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔld/ (Central Scots and some Southern Scots dialects; [d] omitted in some dialects)
- IPA(key): /ald/ (Doric and most Southern Scots dialects; [d] omitted in Doric)
The second pronunciation occurs in Scots dialects with the cat–caught merger (where both are pronounced /kat/; not to be confused with the cot–caught merger), but the first occurs in those who have it.
Adjective
auld (comparative aulder, superlative auldest)
- old
Derived terms
- Auld Enemy
- auld lang syne
References
- “auld” (US) / “auld” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.