OLDEN
What does "OLDEN" mean?
Of a former age; belonging to times long past, as in 'the olden days'.
Meanings
- Belonging to a past era; ancient or bygone, nearly always used before a noun. In olden days a single letter could take a month to cross the sea. archaic
Word origin
An extended form of 'old', with an '-en' ending added by analogy to material adjectives like 'wooden' and 'golden'; it survives chiefly in the set phrase 'olden days'.
Remember it
OLDEN = OLD + EN; the same '-en' on 'golden' makes the past sound like a thing you could hold.
A little poem
We say 'in olden days' and mean a light
that warmed a room we never had to heat.
couplet
What it teaches
The olden days are mostly a trick of memory, which keeps the warmth and quietly loses the cold.
Quick facts
What does OLDEN mean?
Of a former age; belonging to times long past, as in 'the olden days'.
Is OLDEN a valid word?
Yes — OLDEN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is OLDEN?
OLDEN has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does OLDEN come from?
An extended form of 'old', with an '-en' ending added by analogy to material adjectives like 'wooden' and 'golden'; it survives chiefly in the set phrase 'olden days'.
What can OLDEN teach us?
The olden days are mostly a trick of memory, which keeps the warmth and quietly loses the cold.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.