auld in Scots

IPA: /ɔl(d)/ [Central-Scots, Southern-Scots], /al(d)/ (note: Doric Scots, Southern Scots, cat–caught merger) Forms: aulder [comparative], auldest [superlative] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{root|sco|ine-pro|*h₂el- (grow)}}, {{der|sco|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, {{inh|sco|ang-nor|ald}} Northumbrian Old English ald, {{der|sco|ang|eald|t=old, mature, venerable; antique, ancient, primeval}} Old English eald (“old, mature, venerable; antique, ancient, primeval”), {{inh|sco|gmw-pro|*ald}} Proto-West Germanic *ald, {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*aldaz|t=grown up; old}} Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“grown up; old”), {{inh|sco|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”) Head templates: {{head|sco|adjective|comparative|aulder||auldest|||superlative|auldest||auldest||}} auld (comparative aulder, superlative auldest), {{sco-adj|aulder|auldest}} auld (comparative aulder, superlative auldest)

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      "form": "aulder",
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    },
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          "word": "Auld Clootie"
        },
        {
          "word": "Auld Enemy"
        },
        {
          "word": "auld lang syne"
        },
        {
          "word": "auld manny"
        },
        {
          "word": "Auld Reekie"
        },
        {
          "word": "auld-farrant"
        },
        {
          "word": "auld-fashioned"
        },
        {
          "word": "auld-warld"
        },
        {
          "word": "aulden"
        },
        {
          "word": "auldness"
        },
        {
          "word": "auldrife"
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          "word": "aul'"
        },
        {
          "word": "aul"
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        {
          "word": "ould"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ɔl(d)/",
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        "Central-Scots",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/al(d)/",
      "note": "Doric Scots, Southern Scots, cat–caught merger"
    }
  ],
  "word": "auld"
}

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      "word": "Auld Clootie"
    },
    {
      "word": "Auld Enemy"
    },
    {
      "word": "auld lang syne"
    },
    {
      "word": "auld manny"
    },
    {
      "word": "Auld Reekie"
    },
    {
      "word": "auld-farrant"
    },
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    },
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      "expansion": "alde",
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
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        "1": "la",
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    }
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "aulder",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "auldest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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        "Scots terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Scots terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (grow)",
        "Scots terms inherited from Northumbrian Old English",
        "Scots terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Scots terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Scots terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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      "ipa": "/al(d)/",
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ald"
    },
    {
      "word": "aald"
    },
    {
      "word": "aal"
    },
    {
      "word": "aul'"
    },
    {
      "word": "aul"
    },
    {
      "word": "ould"
    }
  ],
  "word": "auld"
}

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"auld" meaning in Scots

Adjective