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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

old.

period, age, generation

3 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɔlˀ/[ˈʌlˀ]

  1. period, age, generation

    archaic · common-gender · no-plural

  2. antiquity

    archaic · common-gender · no-plural · rare
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse ǫld, from Proto-Germanic *aldiz, cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍃 (alds).

noun/ɔlˀ/[ˈʌlˀ]

  1. Classical Civilization (a course in secondary school)

    common-gender · uninflected
Where this word comes from

Clipping of oldtidskundskab.

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