Adjective
olde (comparative more olde, superlative most olde)
Archaic spelling of old.
A comely olde man as busie as a bee. John Lyly
For out of olde feldes, as men seith, Cometh al this new corn fro yeer to yere; And out of olde bokes, in good feith, Cometh al this newe science that men lere. Geoffrey Chaucer
It is better to be An olde mans derlyng, than a yong mans werlyng. John Heywood
Dialogue is always tricky. Authenticity is almost impossible, and you always end up sounding too olde worlde. What I do is to strip the words back, so I get the dialogue to sound timeless... Tracy Chevalier
The wrathfull winter proching on apace, With blustering blasts had all ybarde the treene, And olde Saturnus, with his frosty face With chilling cold had pearst the tender greene. Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset
That honourable estate of Matrimony, which was sanctified in Paradise, allowed of the Patriarches, hallowed of the olde Prophets, and commended of al persons. John Lyly