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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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auld
,
owld
[to rhyme with
cauld
as in
cauldren;
to rhyme with English
owl
+ ādā]
adjective
old:
There was an owld man and an owld woman
la14-
.
etymology:
Scots; attested by
SR
,
JS
,
ET
,
BW
and
DW
; form
owld
attested by
SMG in TDITA