English

Alternative forms

• ould

Adjective

auld ‎(comparative aulder, superlative auldest)

1. (archaic, Northern England, Liverpudlian) old

Anagrams

• dual, laud, udal

Scots

Etymology

From Old English eald, ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *altós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔld/ (Central Scots and some Southern Scots dialects; [d] omitted in some dialects)
• IPA^(key): /ald/ (Doric and most Southern Scots dialects; [d] omitted in Doric)

The second pronunciation occurs in Scots dialects with the cat–caught merger (where both are pronounced /kat/; not to be confused with the cot–caught merger), but the first occurs in those who have it.

Adjective

auld ‎(comparative aulder, superlative auldest)

1. old

Derived terms

• Auld Enemy
• auld lang syne