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

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʎdʲ/

Noun

ald m (genitive elds, plural eldar)

1. fire
2. (figurative) ardor; passion

Declension

Inflection of ald (masculine a-stem)

	indefinite			definite
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nom/acc	eld	eldarr		hi n-eld	hìnarr eldarr
dative	eldᶫ	elduᶰ		hìnu n-eldᶫ	hìnu n-elduᶰ
genitive	eldᶫ	eldᶫ		hin h-eldᶫ	hinn h-eldᶫ

ᶰ: triggers nasal mutation
ᶫ: triggers lenition

Mutation

Mutated forms of ald

radical	gh-prothesis	n-prothesis	h-prothesis
ald	gh-ald	n-ald	h-ald

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