Meaning & use
auld
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Old; a Scots and northern English dialectal form of the word 'old.'
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They raised a glass to auld friends and times gone by.
The song 'Auld Lang Syne' is traditionally sung at midnight on New Year's Eve.
A note on using this word
Most English speakers encounter this word only through the song 'Auld Lang Syne,' whose title roughly translates to 'old long since,' or 'times gone by.'
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