old – Middle English noun declension

Noun: old

Sg.

old

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

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. [1225, Dialogue on Vices and Virtues:]

Nouns inflected like old

syment, cristened, savete, savyne, sandal, whelere, scuage, scluse, sclise, sclave, schyft, schuit, schite, schort, schold, schern, smothe, smethe, smerte, slutte, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. Inherited from Anglian Old English ald, from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“grown-up”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-.
2. Forms with /ɛː/ are either from forms such as West Saxon Old English and Kentish Old English eald or due to analogy with the comparative eldre or superlative eldest.

Verbs referencing "old"

English Nouns old.