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# auld

adjective (auld — Scottish)

«auld» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (Scottish, dialect) Old. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auld/#m1)
2. In «Auld Lang Syne»: a Scottish song by Robert Burns, meaning «old long since», days long ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auld/#m2)

### In the lessons

A Scots word heard in songs, poems and in Scotland and Northern Ireland. «Auld Lang Syne» is sung at New Year (Hogmanay) all over the English-speaking world, holding hands in a circle. «Auld Reekie» («Old Smoky») is a nickname for Edinburgh.

### Examples

- We sang «Auld Lang Syne» at midnight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auld/#x1)
- «My auld granny lives in Aberdeen,» said Hamish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auld/#x2)
- Robert Burns wrote in Scots words like «auld». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auld/#x3)
- The auld castle stood on the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auld/#x4)
- Edinburgh is called Auld Reekie. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auld/#x5)
- Should auld acquaintance be forgot? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auld/#x6)
- And he gaed into the castle for shelter, and there he saw an auld wife sitting beside the kitchen fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auld/#x7)

### Note

Scottish form of «old»; not used in standard English writing except in songs and Scots speech. Say «awld».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «auld» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auld/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«auld» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/auld.html) on Mova free.