olden

[ohl-duhn]

adjective

Literary.

1. of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.

2. old.

olden

/ ˈəʊldən /

adjective

1. an archaic or poetic word for old

   in olden days

   in olden times

Word History and Origins

Origin of olden¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; old, -en ²

Example Sentences

"It was like living in the olden days," her son T-jay adds.

From BBC

In the olden days, you might have to lie about how rich you are and maybe borrow a car.

From Salon

"I do have to deal with quite a lot of incoming, what you would have called flak in the olden days, but now they call it trolling," he said.

From BBC

"In the olden days, doctors would ease you out of life and the difference was it wasn't necessarily with your consent," she said.

From BBC

"The olden days, when discreet GPs used to bump people off if life got unendurable - unfortunately Dr Shipman changed all that because everything tightened up."

From BBC