"auld" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɔ(ː)ld/, /ɔld/ [US], /əʊld/ [UK], /ɔːld/ [UK], /ɑːld/ [cot-caught-merger], /aːʊl/ (note: Liverpool) Forms: aulder [comparative], auldest [superlative]
enPR: ôld (note: Liverpool) Rhymes: -əʊld, -ɔːld 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂el- (grow)}}, {{bor|en|sco|auld}} Scots auld, {{inh|en|enm-nor|auld}} Northern Middle English auld, {{m|enm|aulde}} aulde, {{m|enm|awld}} awld, {{m|enm|awlde}} awlde, {{m|enm|ald}} ald, {{m|enm|alde}} alde, {{der|en|ang-nor|ald}} Northumbrian Old English ald, {{der|en|ang|eald|t=old, mature, venerable; antique, ancient, primeval}} Old English eald (“old, mature, venerable; antique, ancient, primeval”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*ald}} Proto-West Germanic *ald, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*aldaz|t=grown up; old}} Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“grown up; old”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*h₂el-|*h₂eltós|t=grown, nourished, matured}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós (“grown, nourished, matured”), {{cog|la|altus|t=nourished, raised, grown; tall}} Latin altus (“nourished, raised, grown; tall”), {{doublet|en|old}} Doublet of old Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} auld (comparative aulder, superlative auldest)
  1. (archaic, Northern England, Liverpool, Scotland, Ireland) old Tags: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, archaic Synonyms: aged, eldern, hoary, old, aud, aul, oul, oul', ould
    Sense id: en-auld-en-adj-y6BrVzb6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Irish English, Liverpudlian English, Northern England English, Scottish English Related terms: alderman, auld birkie, aulden, auldfarrand, auld-fashioned, auld lang syne, auld-warld, auld wives' tongues, eld, elder, old

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