adjective · rare

auld

auld · aulder · auldest

сивий

седой, седовласый, убелённый сединой

alt, gealtert

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» Tom sang "Auld Lang Syne."

Meaning

1 senses

(Ireland, Scotland)Old.

More definitions

a Scottish word

Examples

4 sentences

Tom sang "Auld Lang Syne."
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Tom and Mary sang "Auld Lang Syne".
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We will sing "Auld Lang Syne" at the stroke of midnight.
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Members of the European Parliament joined hands to sing "Auld Lang Syne" at the end of the session Wednesday in Brussels.
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Origin

From Scots auld or from Northern Middle English auld, aulde, awld, awlde, ald, alde, from

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.

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