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Word entry · 5 letters

olden

Best crossword clue

"From long ago"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈəʊl.dn̩/Part of speech adjectiveSorted delnoStarts with OEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. relating to time long past

Word origin

From Middle English olden, probably originally an inflected plural form of old (compare Old English ealdum, dative plural of eald (“old”)), but later reanalysed as equivalent to old + -en (“made of”).

Used in a sentence

  • olden days, olden times
  • In olden days, a glimpse of stockings Was looked on as something shocking; Now, heaven knows, Anything goes.
  • We […] told over the story of past sufferings, and renewed olden vows of devotion.

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