auld

[ awld ]

/ ɔld /

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adjective Scot. and North England.

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Words nearby auld

au jus, auk, auklet, au lait, Aulard, auld, auld lang syne, Auld Reekie, aulic, aulic council, Aulis

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How to use auld in a sentence

Auld lang syne” is Scottish-Gaelic for “old long since,” or, more idiomatically, “days gone by” or “time long past.
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When she stands by the bedside of a dying Victor McLaglen and sings “Auld Lang Syne,” it is an occasion for real tears.
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But it was a time for everybody to join hands as we did on formerly Air Force One and sing "Auld Lang Syne."
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My faither was in it when he was nine, but you're no' allowed to gang doon now till you are twelve year auld.
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He had been workin' on the top o' some auld workin's, an' I suppose they wadna ken, an' it fell in.
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"Ay, an' it's a gran' price for onybody wha kens aboot it," said auld Jamie Lauder.
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If not, it should be remedied; there is enough of the Auld Licht in you to be ravished.
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They called their house 'Scotland,' and doubtless made as good bargains as the 'auld enemy' in the next street.
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British Dictionary definitions for auld

auld

/ (ɔːld) /

adjective

a Scot word for old

Word Origin for auld

Old English āld

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