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Results for: "old"

Translating from English to Icelandic

Translations:

old — of an object, concept, etc
→ gamall
→ forn
old — of a living being
→ gamall
→ forn
old — former, previous
→ gamall
→ fyrrverandi

More translations:

old
→ gamall
old
→ gamall, notaður
old
→ forn

Reverse Translations (Icelandic to English):

öld
→ century

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 1

  1. past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')

ADJECTIVE 8

  1. (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

    • “his mother is very old”
    • “a ripe old age”
    • “how old are you?”

  2. of long duration; not new

    • “old tradition”
    • “old house”
    • “old wine”
    • “old country”
    • “old friendships”
    • “old money”

  3. (used for emphasis) very familiar

    • “good old boy”
    • “same old story”
Show 5 more meanings

  1. skilled through long experience

    • “an old offender”
    • “the older soldiers”
    Synonymsolder

  2. belonging to some prior time

    • “erstwhile friend”
    • “our former glory”
    • “the once capital of the state”
    • “her quondam lover”
    Synonymserstwhileformeronetimeone-timequondamsometime

  3. (used informally especially for emphasis)

    • “a real honest-to-god live cowboy”
    • “had us a high old time”
    • “went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel”
    Synonymshonest-to-godhonest-to-goodnesssure-enough

  4. of a very early stage in development

    • “Old English is also called Anglo Saxon”
    • “Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century”

  5. just preceding something else in time or order

    • “the previous owner”
    • “my old house was larger”
    Synonymsprevious