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English
Adjective
olde (comparative more olde, superlative most olde)
- Archaic spelling of old.
1973 November 25, James G. Andrews, “In Merrie Olde Arkansas”, in The Commercial Appeal Mid-South Magazine, page 4:Crossbowmen from such distant realms as Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, New York, New Jersey and Delaware, all right there in Merrie Olde Arkansas, in the non-medieval year of 1973.
1989 March 11, Dayton Daily News, volume 112, number 183, Dayton, Oh., page 8 - A:Staid, olde Britain goes bonkers / ‘Red-Nose Day’ puts chuckle in charity
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Noun
olde
- impulse
Esperanto
Adverb
olde
- (chiefly poetic, neologism) agedly, oldly
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Etymology
From Old English ald, from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“grown-up”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
olde
- old
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Noun
olde
- A moon in its first phase after new; a waxing crescent.
1225, Dialogue on Vices and Virtues: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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English all day.
Adverb
olde
- daily
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