auld

[ awld ]

adjectiveScot. and North England.
  1. old.

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How to use auld in a sentence

  • My faither was in it when he was nine, but you're no' allowed to gang doon now till you are twelve year auld.

    The Underworld | James C. Welsh
  • He had been workin' on the top o' some auld workin's, an' I suppose they wadna ken, an' it fell in.

    The Underworld | James C. Welsh
  • "Ay, an' it's a gran' price for onybody wha kens aboot it," said auld Jamie Lauder.

    The Underworld | James C. Welsh
  • If not, it should be remedied; there is enough of the auld Licht in you to be ravished.

  • They called their house 'Scotland,' and doubtless made as good bargains as the 'auld enemy' in the next street.

    Belgium | George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond

British Dictionary definitions for auld

auld

/ (ɔːld) /


adjective
  1. a Scot word for old

Origin of auld

1
Old English āld

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