Olden
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olden¹
- /ˈəʊl.dn̩/ UK
- /ˈəʊl.dən/ UK
- /ˈoʊldn̩/ US
- /ˈoʊldən/ US
Rhymes with -əʊldən
Where it comes from
From Middle English olden, probably originally an inflected plural form of old (compare Old English ealdum, dative plural of eald (“old”)), but later reanalysed as equivalent to old + -en (“made of”).
Otherwise derived from Old Norse aldinn (“ancient, old”).
adjective
- From or relating to a previous era. olden days, olden times
- Old; ancient. We […] told over the story of past sufferings, and renewed olden vows of devotion.
Similar: historical, eldern
olden²
- /ˈəʊl.dn̩/ UK
- /ˈəʊl.dən/ UK
- /ˈoʊldn̩/ US
- /ˈoʊldən/ US
Rhymes with -əʊldən
Where it comes from
From old + -en (“to make (adjective)”).
verb oldens · oldening · oldened
- To grow old; age; assume an older appearance or character; become affected by age. Of all Sedley's opponents in his debates with his creditors which now ensued, and harassed the feelings of the humiliated old gentleman so severely, that in six weeks he oldened more than he had done for fifteen years before—the most determined and obstinate seemed to be John Osborne, his old friend
Olden³
Where it comes from
Variant of Alden.
proper noun Oldens
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Eastland County, Texas, United States.
