different between olden vs holden

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???l.dn?/, /???l.d?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?o?ldn?/, /?o?ld?n/
• Rhymes: -??ld?n

Etymology 1

From Middle English olden, equivalent to old +? -en. Compare Old English ealdum, inflected form of eald (“old”).

Adjective

olden (not comparable)

1. From or relating to a previous era.

   olden days, olden times
2. (archaic) Old; ancient.

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

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

Etymology 2

From old +? -en.

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, old-fashioned or rare) To grow old; age; assume an older appearance or character; become affected by age.

Synonyms

• elden, mature; see also Thesaurus:to age

Antonyms

• youngen

Related terms

• eld

Anagrams

• Eldon, Loden, loden

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

olden m (definite singular oldenen, indefinite plural oldener, definite plural oldenene)

1. (archaic) mast (tree fruit, nut)

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??ld?n

Verb

holden

1. (archaic) past participle of hold
   • Holland

     Asses' milk is holden for to be thickest, and therefore they use it instead of renning, to turn milk.

Anagrams

• held on, hondel

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish haldæn, from Old Norse haldinn, = the past participle of halda (“to hold”). Compare German gehalten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?h?l?n]

Adjective

holden (neuter holdent, plural and definite singular attributive holdne)

1. well-to-do, prosperous

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ld?n

Verb

holden

1. plural past indicative and subjunctive of hollen

Dutch Low Saxon

Verb

holden

1. to hold

German

Adjective

holden

1. inflection of hold:
   1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
   3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
   4. strong dative plural
   5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Middle English

Alternative forms

• halden, halde

Etymology

From Old English healdan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h??ld?n/

Verb

holden

1. to hold
2. to consider

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: hold
  • Northumbrian: hauld, haad
• Scots: hald, hauld, haud, had
• Yola: houle

References

• “h?lden, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.