olde

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /əʊld/, /əʊldɪi/
- Note the latter pronunciation is normally used only in the (faux-)archaic phrases "ye olde" and "olde worlde".

Adjective

olde (comparative more olde, superlative most olde)

(archaic) old

Derived terms

ye olde

Anagrams

Deol, Ledo, OLED, dole, leod, lode

Basque

Noun

olde

impulse

Esperanto

Adverb

olde

(chiefly poetic, neologism) agedly, oldly

Synonyms

maljune

Antonyms

june (“in a young manner, youthfully”)

Related terms

olda (“old”)
oldi (“to be old”)

Middle English

Adjective

olde

old

Descendants

English: old

Noun

olde

A moon in its first phase after new; a waxing crescent.
- 1225, Dialogue on Vices and Virtues
  Wið-uten ðe læche ðe loceð after mannes ikynde, þe newe oðer elde, and ðe wrihte his timber to keruen after ðare mone, ðe is ikyndelich þing; elles hit is al ȝedwoll.

Synonyms

olde mone

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English all day

Adverb

olde

daily

Related terms

de
olde olde

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