ould

English

Alternative forms

oul, oul'

Etymology

Dialectal pronunciation of old, preserving 17th-century English.[1]

Pronunciation

(Ireland) IPA^(key): /aʊld/
(Ireland) IPA^(key): /aʊl/
Rhymes: -aʊld, -aʊl

Adjective

ould (comparative oulder, superlative ouldest)

(colloquial, Ireland) Pronunciation spelling of old.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:ould.

Derived terms

ould fella
ould one
Ould Sod

References

“A Hiberno-English archive: ould”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2008 August 6 (last accessed), archived from the original on 17 November 2007

Anagrams

Loud, Ludo, loud, ludo, ludo-

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