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 eald.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈəɫd/
• (Northwestern) IPA^(key): /ˈəwd/
• (Eastern) IPA^(key): /ˈæʎd/

Adjective

ald (comparative aldar, superlative aldast)

1. old
2. ancient

   i nàghar ald ― in ancient times

3. (in compounds) original

   Aldsachar ― the continental Saxons

4. grand- (relative)

Declension

Declension of ald

positive	masculine	feminine	plural
nominative	ald L	ald	aldar
genitive	alds	aldar	ald L
dative	ald E	aeld L	aldu E
comparative	masculine	feminine	plural
nom./gen.	aldar	aldir	aldir
dative	aldar	aldir	alduru E
superlative	masculine	feminine	plural
nominative	aldast L	aldust	aldastar
genitive	aldasts	aldastar	aldast L
dative	aldust E	aldist L	aldustu E

^L Triggers lenition   ^E Triggers eclipsis

Noun

ald m (radical, plural aldar)

1. age

   vàrt vèrin ald tì?

   How old are you?

Declension

Declension of ald (masculine)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	ald	aldar
genitive	alds	aldh L
dative	aeldh L	aldhu E
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	hi n'ald	hìnhir aldar
genitive	hiz alds	hionh h'aldh L
dative	hình n'aeldh L	hìnhu n'aldhu E
vocative	a h'ald	a h'aldar

Verb

ald (present aldir, past aldadhir, future aldist, conditional aldadhist)

1. to age, get older

Inflection

Conjugation of ald (regular)

		present	past	future	conditional
infinitive		ald(aich)	aldadh	aldast	aldadhast
participle		aldin	alda	aldanist	aldast
		positive		negative
		personal	impersonal	personal	impersonal
ind.	pres.	aldir	aldtir	è h'aldir	è h'aldtir
	past	aldadhir	aldtadhir	è h'aldadhir	è h'aldtadhir
	fut.	aldist	aldtist	è h'aldist	è h'aldtist
	cond.	aldadhist	aldtadhist	è h'aldadhist	è h'aldtadhist
cont.	pres.	aldirúi	aldtirúi	è h'aldirúi	è h'aldtirúi
	past	aldadhirúi	aldtadhirúi	è h'aldadhirúi	è h'aldtadhirúi
	fut.	aldistúi	aldtistúi	è h'aldistúi	è h'aldtistúi
	cond.	aldadhistúi	aldtadhistúi	è h'aldadhistúi	è h'aldtadhistúi
perf.	pres.	aldirúa	aldtirúa	è h'aldirúa	è h'aldtirúa
	past	aldadhirúa	aldtadhirúa	è h'aldadhirúa	è h'aldtadhirúa
	fut.	aldist	aldtist	è h'aldist	è h'aldtist
	cond.	aldadhistúa	aldtadhistúa	è h'aldadhistúa	è h'aldtadhistúa
imp.		ald	aldt	è h'ald	è h'aldt

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (Eastern) IPA^(key): /ˈæʎd/

Noun

ald m or f (lenite, plural aldar or aldir)

1. Eastern form of eld

Declension

Declension of ald (masculine)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	ald	aldar
genitive	alds	aldh L
dative	aeldh L	aldhu E
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	hi n'ald	hìnhir aldar
genitive	hiz alds	hionh h'aldh L
dative	hình n'aeldh L	hìnhu n'aldhu E
vocative	a h'ald	a h'aldar

Declension of ald (feminine)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	ald	aldir
genitive	alds	aldh L
dative	aeldh L	aldhu E
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	hi n'ald	hìnhar aldir
genitive	hinhar alds	hionh h'aldh L
dative	hình aeldh L	hìnhu n'aldhu E
vocative	a h'ald	a h'aldir

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.