Contionary:ald

Niemish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ald/

Etymology

From Gothic alþeis.

Adjective

áld adj. (comparative: más áld)

1. (of objects) old

Case	masculine			feminine
	singular		plural	singular	plural
	indefinite	definite
Nominative	áld			áld
Genitive	ä́ld
Dative	áld
Predicative			álds		álds

Derived terms

• ä́lde ("age")

Antonyms

• niúw ("new")

See also

• sínig ("old", of living things)

SinPlatt

Etymology

OS ald f. PG *aldaz Compare English old; Dutch oud; German alt

Pronunciation

(SamSkandinavisk) IPA: /alt, ˈaldə-/

Adjective

1. old, olden, aged, ancient, archaic, long-standing, stale, elderly, antique, past

Inflection

comparative = älder, superlative = äldst.

Scots Norse

Etymology 1

From Old English ald.

Pronunciation

• 
  (Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈæʎdʲ/

  • 
    (Western) IPA^(key): /ˈəɫd/

    Adjective

    ald

    1. old
    2. ancient

       i ndàgharr ald ― in ancient times

    3. (in compounds) original

       Aldsacsarr ― the continental Saxons

    4. grand- (relative)

    Noun

    ald m (plural aldarr) (radical)

    1. age

       vèrann vhat aldstiòerdh at tec? (formal)

       How old are you?

    Etymology 2

    From Old Norse eldr, from Proto-Germanic *ailidaz. Cognate to Icelandic eldur, Faroese eldur, Norn eld, Swedish eld, Danish ild.

    Pronunciation

    • 
      (Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈæʎdʲ/

      • 
        (Northwestern) IPA^(key): /ˈɛjd͡ʒ/

        • 
          (Uist, Barra) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʎd͡ʒ/

          Alternative forms

          • (Western) eld

          Noun

          ald m (plural aldarr) (lenite)

          1. fire
          2. (figurative) ardor; passion
          3. (figurative) youth

          Mutation

          Mutated forms of ald

          radical	h-prothesis	eclipsis
          ald	h'ald	n'ald

          Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scots Norse.
          All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.