olde
Adjective
Meaning
olde (comparative more olde, superlative most olde)
Archaic spelling of old.
Synonyms
Phrases with the word
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Examples
A comely olde man as busie as a bee.
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.
It is better to be An olde mans derlyng, than a yong mans werlyng.
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...
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.
That honourable estate of Matrimony, which was sanctified in Paradise, allowed of the Patriarches, hallowed of the olde Prophets, and commended of al persons.