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# auld

«auld» in Mova's school dictionary: **Old** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (auld — Scottish)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (Scottish, dialect) Old. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auld/#m1)

2) In «Auld Lang Syne»: a Scottish song by Robert Burns, meaning «old long since», days long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auld/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A Scots word heard in songs, poems and in Scotland and Northern Ireland. «Auld Lang Syne» is sung at New Year (Hogmanay) all over the English-speaking world, holding hands in a circle. «Auld Reekie» («Old Smoky») is a nickname for Edinburgh.

### examples

- We sang «Auld Lang Syne» at midnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auld/#x1)
- «My auld granny lives in Aberdeen,» said Hamish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auld/#x2)
- Robert Burns wrote in Scots words like «auld». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auld/#x3)
- The auld castle stood on the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auld/#x4)
- Edinburgh is called Auld Reekie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auld/#x5)
- Should auld acquaintance be forgot? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auld/#x6)
- And he gaed into the castle for shelter, and there he saw an auld wife sitting beside the kitchen fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auld/#x7)

### note

Scottish form of «old»; not used in standard English writing except in songs and Scots speech. Say «awld».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «auld» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auld/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.