olde

See also: olde-

English

Adjective

olde (comparative more olde, superlative most olde)

  1. Archaic spelling of old.
    • 1973 November 25, James G. Andrews, “In Merrie Olde Arkansas”, in The Commercial Appeal Mid-South Magazine, page 4:
      Crossbowmen from such distant realms as Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, New York, New Jersey and Delaware, all right there in Merrie Olde Arkansas, in the non-medieval year of 1973.
    • 1989 March 11, Dayton Daily News, volume 112, number 183, Dayton, Oh., page 8 - A:
      Staid, olde Britain goes bonkers / ‘Red-Nose Day’ puts chuckle in charity

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Basque

Noun

olde

  1. impulse

Esperanto

Adverb

olde

  1. (chiefly poetic, neologism) agedly, oldly

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English ald, from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz (grown-up).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔːld/, /ald/

Adjective

olde

  1. old

Descendants

  • English: old, wold (dialect)
  • Geordie English: awd, auld
  • Scots: auld
  • Yola: yole, yold

References

Noun

olde

  1. A moon in its first phase after new; a waxing crescent.
    • 1225, Dialogue on Vices and Virtues:
      Wið-uten ðe læche ðe loceð after mannes ikynde, þe newe oðer elde, and ðe wrihte his timber to keruen after ðare mone, ðe is ikyndelich þing; elles hit is al ȝedwoll.
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Synonyms

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English all day.

Adverb

olde

  1. daily
  • de
  • olde olde
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