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

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	aldar L
superlative	masculine	feminine	plural
nominative	aldast L	aldust	aldastar
genitive	aldasts	aldastar	aldast L
dative	aldust E	aldaist L	aldustu E

^L Triggers lenition   ^E Triggers eclipsis

Noun

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	hianh h'aldh L
dative	hình n'aeldh L	hìnhu n'aldhu E
vocative	a h'ald	a h'aldar

Verb

1. to age, get older

Inflection

Conjugation of ald (regular)

infinitive		ald(ich)
pres. part.		aldin
past part.		aldadh
		positive		negative
		personal	impersonal	personal	impersonal
ind.	pres.	aldir	aldtir	è h'aldir	è h'aldtir
	past	aldaidhir	aldtaidhir	è h'aldaidhir	è h'aldtaidhir
	fut.	aldist	aldtist	è h'aldist	è h'aldtist
	cond.	aldaidhist	aldtaidhist	è h'aldaidhist	è h'aldtaidhist
cont.	pres.	aldireu	aldtireu	è h'aldireu	è h'aldtireu
	past	aldaidhireu	aldtaidhireu	è h'aldaidhireu	è h'aldtaidhireu
	fut.	aldisteu	aldtisteu	è h'aldisteu	è h'aldtisteu
	cond.	aldaidhisteu	aldtaidhisteu	è h'aldaidhisteu	è h'aldtaidhisteu
perf.	pres.	aldiriò	aldtiriò	è h'aldiriò	è h'aldtiriò
	past	aldaidhiriò	aldtaidhiriò	è h'aldaidhiriò	è h'aldtaidhiriò
	fut.	aldistiò	aldtistiò	è h'aldistiò	è h'aldtistiò
	cond.	aldaidhistiò	aldtaidhistiò	è h'aldaidhistiò	è h'aldtaidhistiò
imp.		ald	aldt	è h'ald	è h'aldt

Etymology 2

From Sudrey Norse eldr, from Old Norse ailidaz. Cognate to Icelandic eldur, Faroese eldur, Norn eld, Swedish eld, Danish ild.

Pronunciation

• (Eastern) IPA^(key): /ˈæʎd/

Noun

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	hianh 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	hianh 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.