auld

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• wis: I wis ower young, an Dublin wis ower auld.

Modifies a noun

• kirk: The maist unusual place I've written a poem wis in the crypt unner an auld kirk in Prague in the Czech Republic.
• acquaintance: Should auld acquaintance be forgot, For the sake of auld lang syne?
• enemy: Winning many famous battles against the " auld enemy " he was eventually defeated in a bloody massacre at Culloden.
• wife: The auld wives of the parochin Are thinkin ' him a gospel lamb.
• alliance: For 260 years Scotland held to this so-called " auld alliance " with England's enemy.
• man: Ay I did, " quo the auld man.

Used with adjective complement

• grow: I learned that fin he grew auld he pit on corsets an dyed his hair.