English Explanatory Dictionary

auld

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Old.
name
  1. A surname from Scots.

Pronunciation

/oʊld/ En-us-auld.oga /əʊld/ /ɑːld/ /aːʊl/

Word forms

auld aulder auldest aud aul oul oul' ould Aulds

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

aged eldern hoary

Related words

alderman auld birkie aulden auldfarrand auld-fashioned auld lang syne auld-warld auld wives' tongues eld elder old
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