Difference between revisions of "Auldstane eld"
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*'''auld:''' (''Scots'') old | *'''auld:''' (''Scots'') old | ||
| − | *'''eld:''' old age; antiquity | + | *'''eld:''' (''archaic'') old age; antiquity |
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| + | * '''stone ... elm:''' symbols that represent [[Shaun]] and [[Shem]] respectively throughout FW | ||
*'''''Auld Lang Syne'':''' a traditional Scots song sung at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day; the title literally translates as "old long since" → [[lang time agone]] in the same line | *'''''Auld Lang Syne'':''' a traditional Scots song sung at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day; the title literally translates as "old long since" → [[lang time agone]] in the same line | ||
Revision as of 14:28, 23 July 2007
- Old Stone Age: the Neolithic Era
- stane: (Old English) stone (dative case)
- auld: (Scots) old
- eld: (archaic) old age; antiquity
- Auld Lang Syne: a traditional Scots song sung at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day; the title literally translates as "old long since" → lang time agone in the same line
