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語源 1

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

Otherwise derived from Old Norse aldinn (“ancient, old”).

形容詞

olden (not comparable)

1. From or relating to a previous era.

   olden days, olden times

   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 156:

     "You are right to some extent in what you say. In the olden days people had a stronger belief in all kinds of witchery; now they pretend not to believe in it, that they may be looked upon as sensible and educated people, as you say."

   • 1934, Cole Porter (lyrics and music), “Anything Goes”:

     In olden days, a glimpse of stockings
     Was looked on as something shocking;
     Now, heaven knows,
     Anything goes.

2. (archaic) Old; ancient.
   • 1857, Martha Griffith Browne, Autobiography of a Female Slave, page 347:

     We […] told over the story of past sufferings, and renewed olden vows of devotion.

使用する際の注意点

Now mostly restricted to certain set phrases, such as "olden days" and "olden times".

同意語

• (relating to a previous era): bygone, historical; see also Thesaurus:past
• (old, ancient): auld, eldern; see also Thesaurus:old

派生語

語源 2

From old +‎ -en (“to make (adjective)”).

動詞

olden (third-person singular simple present oldens, present participle oldening, simple past and past participle oldened)

1. (intransitive, dated or rare) To grow old; age; assume an older appearance or character; become affected by age.
   • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

     Of all Sedley's opponents in his debates with his creditors which now ensued, and harassed the feelings of the humiliated old gentleman so severely, that in six weeks he oldened more than he had done for fifteen years before—the most determined and obstinate seemed to be John Osborne, his old friend and neighbour […]

   • 1912, John Ayscough, Saints and Places, page 123:

     They were not worldly days; and so, as we olden with our passage through the world, they stay young, and we love them as pure youthful things are loved.

同意語

• elden, mature; see also Thesaurus:to age

反意語

• youngen

関連する語

• eld

アナグラム

• Eldon, Loden, loden, onled