Auld

English

Alternative forms

• ould

Pronunciation

• IPA: /oːld/

Adjective

Auld (comparative more Auld, superlative most Auld)

1. (archaic, Northern England, Liverpudlian) old

Anagrams

• dual, laud, udal

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Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɔld/ (Central Scots and some Southern Scots dialects; [d] omitted in some dialects)
• IPA: /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