auld
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /oːld/
Adjective [edit]
auld (comparative aulder, superlative auldest)
- (archaic, Northern England, Liverpudlian) old
Anagrams [edit]
Scots [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old English eald, ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *altós.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ɔld/ (Central Scots and some Southern Scots dialects; [d] omitted in some dialects)
- IPA: /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 [edit]
auld (comparative aulder, superlative auldest)
