The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish politics, news, history, stories and intelligent analysis from Scotland Useful Scots word: Auld
Auld is the Scots form of the English word old and it is often used in much the same contexts. For example, old clothes translates as auld claes, old friends as auld freens, old house as auld hoose and so on. However, auld has some uses that are all its own. It is often used