Meaning of old | Babel Free

Definitions

1. period, age, generation
   archaic, common-gender, no-plural
2. Classical Civilization (a course in secondary school)
   common-gender, uninflected
3. antiquity
   archaic, common-gender, no-plural, rare

Examples

“Hvad der bygtes i din Old, Bygtes som paa Grus og Sand.”

What was built in your age was built as if on gravel and sand.

“Hvor de tykke Piller favne / Støvet af de store Navne, / Som ei døer, ei blier forgiettet, / Naar min Old er længst udslettet.”

Where the massive columns embrace the dust of the great names that will not die, will not be forgotten when my generation has been obliterated for a long time.

“Andenlæreren var en Sværmer, og en fanatisk Sværmer, for den nordiske Old.”

The teaching assistant was an enthusiast, a fanatic enthusiast, for the Nordic Antiquity.

CEFR level