Difference between revisions of "Ald"

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Old. Scottish: adj. auld (auld lang syne)
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* '''old''' → '''old maythey''' → '''ald'''
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** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&id=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft&entity=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft.p0058&isize=L A first-draft version of Finnegans wake]
  
Ald: abbr. alderman, alderwoman – A member of the municipal legislative body in a town or city in many jurisdictions.
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* '''ald:''' (''dialect'') old
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* '''auld:''' (''Scots'') old → ''auld lang syne'' = "long ago"
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* '''Ald.''' (''abbreviation'') alderman, alderwoman: a member of the municipal legislative body in a town or city
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* '''eld:''' old age
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* '''alder:''' a type of tree
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[[Category: trees]]

Latest revision as of 16:50, 5 July 2012

  • ald: (dialect) old
  • auld: (Scots) old → auld lang syne = "long ago"
  • Ald. (abbreviation) alderman, alderwoman: a member of the municipal legislative body in a town or city
  • eld: old age
  • alder: a type of tree