olden

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

long past
- "olden days"

Adj

From or relating to a previous era.
Old; ancient.

Verb

To grow old; age; assume an older appearance or character; become affected by age.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

auld, bygone, elden, eldern, historical, mature, old, past, to age

Antonyms

youngen

Scrabble Score: 6

olden is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
olden is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
olden is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

olden is a valid Words With Friends word