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auld¹

  • /oʊld/ US
  • /əʊld/ UK
  • /ɑːld/ cot caught merger
  • /aːʊl/

Sounds like old · Rhymes with -əʊld

Where it comes from

From Scots auld or 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”). Doublet of old.

adjective aulder · auldest · aud · aul · oul · oul'

  1. Ireland, Scotland Old. To prepare for the burning bowl, each person writes on slips of paper those negative traits or situations they would like to be rid of in the year to come. Examples might be, […] “Proclivity for attracting Messrs. Wrong”—anything that needs to go in the auld acquaintance category and be never brough

    Similar: aged, eldern, hoary

Auld²

Where it comes from

From Scots auld (“old”). Compare the English surname Old.

proper noun Aulds · Aud

  1. A surname from Scots.

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@misc{auld_2026,
  title = {auld},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/auld},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}