Hould vs Ould - What's the difference?
hould | ould |
* {{quote-book, year=1624, author=Thomas Heywood, title=A Collection Of Old English Plays, Vol. IV., chapter=The Captives, edition=
, passage=Of all Infirmityes belonginge to us I hould those woorst that will not lett a man Rest in his bedd a-nights. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1871, author=James Fenimore Cooper, title=Wyandotte, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Och! he's a roarer, sure enough; and then for the tusks you mintion, I didn't see 'em, with my eyes; but the crathure has a mouth that might hould a basket-full." }} (slang, Ireland) old, aged, long-established
* "The Ould Lammas Fair takes place in Ballycastle, Co. Antrim on the last Monday and Tuesday in August. It's one of the oldest fairs in Ireland"
* "But, begonnies, in three months I was able to send home for the ouldest little girl--she was only nine years of age."Maguire, John Francis
* "maybe they'd come round you to play wid you, an' then what's the harum, barrin' they're not any o' the grown brats, as ould or oulder than yourself, that you're behoulden to keep at a distance"Banim, John
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(slang, Ireland) term of denigration
* "Sonny'll tell you all about it, but pay no heed to him. He's only an ould goat anyway."Taylor, Patrick An Irish Country Doctor , p.85 [ISBN 0765319950] Macmillan (2008)
(slang, Ireland) term of diminution (often affectionate)
* for home entertainment they then have to endure the bloody Afternoon Show on RTE, all that bullshit about cookery and clothes and celebrity gossip, when all they want is an ould song from Johnny McEvoy.Lynch, Declan "
As a verb hould
is obsolete spelling of lang=en.As an adjective ould is
old, aged, long-established.hould
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Alternative forms
* auld, oul'Adjective
(er)The Ould Lammas Fairfrom irishcultureandcustoms.com
The Irish in America, CHAPTER XVI....concluded(1868)
The Nowlans , Vol. 1, Chap. 3(1825)
Why those poor ould fellas deserved to have their say" Sunday Independent (October 14 2007)