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

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɫd/
• (Northwestern) IPA^(key): /ˈɑwd/
• (Eastern) IPA^(key): /ˈæʎd/

Etymology 1

From Sudrey Norse ald, Old English eald.

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	aild 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 h'ald tì?

   How old are you?

Declension

Declension of ald (masculine)

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

Etymology 2

From Sudrey Norse alda, ultimately from etymology 1.

Verb

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

1. to age, get older

Inflection

Conjugation of ald (regular)

infinitive		ald(áich)
pres. part.		aldáin
past part.		aldadh
		positive		negative
		personal	impersonal	personal	impersonal
ind.	pres.	aldáir	aldtir	è h'aldáir	è h'aldtir
	past	aldadhir	aldtadhir	è h'aldadhir	è h'aldtadhir
	fut.	aldáist	aldtist	è h'aldáist	è h'aldtist
	cond.	aldadhist	aldtadhist	è h'aldadhist	è h'aldtadhist
cont.	pres.	aldáireu	aldtireu	è h'aldáireu	è h'aldtireu
	past	aldadhireu	aldtadhireu	è h'aldadhireu	è h'aldtadhireu
	fut.	aldáisteu	aldtisteu	è h'aldáisteu	è h'aldtisteu
	cond.	aldadhisteu	aldtadhisteu	è h'aldadhisteu	è h'aldtadhisteu
perf.	pres.	aldáiriò	aldtiriò	è h'aldáiriò	è h'aldtiriò
	past	aldadhiriò	aldtadhiriò	è h'aldadhiriò	è h'aldtadhiriò
	fut.	aldáistiò	aldtistiò	è h'aldáistiò	è h'aldtistiò
	cond.	aldadhistiò	aldtadhistiò	è h'aldadhistiò	è h'aldtadhistiò
imp.		ald	aldt	è h'ald	è h'aldt

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.

Sudrey Norse

Pronunciation

• (Western) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɫd/
• (Eastern) IPA^(key): /ˈæʎd/

Etymology

Old English eald.

Adjective

ald (comparative aldara, superlative aldasta)

1. old
2. ancient
3. (in compounds) original

   Aldsachar ― the continental Saxons

4. grand- (relative)

Declension

Declension of ald

positive	masculine	feminine	plural
nominative	alda	ald	aldar
genitive	alds	aldar	alda
dative	aldan	aldi	aldun
comparative	masculine	feminine	plural
nom./gen.	aldara	aldari	aldari
dative	aldara	aldari	aldurun
superlative	masculine	feminine	plural
nominative	aldasta	aldust	aldastar
genitive	aldasts	aldastar	aldasta
dative	aldustan	aldisti	aldustun

Noun

ald m (radical, plural aldar)

1. age

   vàrt vèrandi ald tìn?

   How old are you?

Declension

Declension of ald (masculine)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	ald	aldar
genitive	alds	alda
dative	aldi	aldun
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	hin ald	hìnar aldar
genitive	hins alds	hina alda
dative	hinan aldi	hinum aldun
vocative	a alda	a aldar

Derivatives

• alda

Descendants

• Scots Norse: ald