Noun: old
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | old |
| Sg. definite | olden |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | olds |
| Sg. definite | oldens |
Sample Sentences
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Hvad der bygtes i din Old, Bygtes som paa Grus og Sand. (What was built in your age was built as if on gravel and sand.) [1813, N.F.S. Grundtvig, “Kristjan den sjette”, in Poetiske Skrifter, volume 3, page 306:]
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Hvor de tykke Piller favne / Støvet af de store Navne, / Som ei døer, ei blier forgiettet, / Naar min Old er længst udslettet. (Where the massive columns embrace the dust of the great names that will not die, will not be forgotten when my generation has been obliterated for a long time.) [1805, Adam Oehleschläger, Isefjorden:]
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Andenlæreren var en Sværmer, og en fanatisk Sværmer, for den nordiske Old. (The teaching assistant was an enthusiast, a fanatic enthusiast, for the Nordic Antiquity.) [1891, Holger Drachmann, Vildt og tæmmet, section 299:]
Nouns inflected like old
vietnamesiskhed,
sydøst,
urologi,
sejhed,
snuhed,
samtid,
pubertet,
sodomi,
krigsliderlighed,
colombianskhed,
vuggedød,
kwashiorkor,
babysvømning,
selvtægt,
brugskunst,
meteorregn,
færøskhed,
skafning,
hviderussiskhed,
labilitet, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse ǫld, from Proto-Germanic *aldiz, cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍃 (alds). See: Old Norse Nouns '
ǫld', Gothic Nouns '
𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍃'.
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