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 Translation for 'old' from English to Icelandic
ADJ   old | older / elder | oldest / eldest
SYNO erstwhile | former | honest-to-god | ...
gamall {adj}old
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forn {adj}old
aldinn {adj} [aldraður]old
aldraður {adj}old [person: of advanced age]
2 Words: Others
eldforn {adj}age-old
aldagamall {adj}age-old
aldagamall {adj}centuries-old
áratugagamall {adj}decades-old
forngermanskur {adj}Old Germanic
forníslenskur {adj}Old Icelandic
gamaldags {adj}old-fashioned
forneskjulegur {adj}old-fashioned
af gamla skólanum {adj}old-fashioned [old-style]
ellilegur {adj}old-looking
unverified karlalegur {adj}old-mannish
af gamla skólanum {adj}old-school
afgamall {adj}very old
ævaforn {adj}very old
eldgamall {adj}very old
forgamall {adj}very old
ævagamall {adj}very old
2 Words: Verbs
verða gamallto grow old
2 Words: Nouns
elli {kv}old age
ævikvöld {hv}old age
piparkarl {k}old bachelor
kerlingarálft {kv} [niðr.]old bag [coll.] [pej.]
kerlingarálka {kv} [niðr.]old bag [coll.] [pej.]
mál.
fornenska {kv}
Old English
karlálft {kv} [niðr.]old fool [pej.]
karlpungur {k} [niðr.]old fool [pej.]
aldavinur {k}old friend
karlugla {kv} [niðr.]old geezer [coll.]
karlfauskur {k} [niðr.]old geezer [coll.]
karlsauður {k} [niðr.]old geezer [coll.]
karlskarfur {k} [niðr.]old geezer [coll.]
mál.
forngríska {kv}
Old Greek
mál.
forníslenska {kv}
Old Icelandic
bókm.
fornrit {hv}
old literature
pempía {kv}old maid [coll.]
piparkerling {kv}old maid [coll.]
penpía {kv} [pempía]old maid [coll.]
piparjúnka {kv} [talm.] [gamalt]old maid [coll.]
öldungur {k}old man
karl {k} [gamalmenni]old man
karlhlunkur {k} [niðr.] [gamall karl]old man
mál.
norræna {kv}
Old Norse
mál.
fornnorræna {kv}
Old Norse
mál.
forníslenska {kv}
Old Norse
gamalmenni {hv}old person
fornl.
fornminjar {kv.ft}
old relics
bókm.
fornsaga {kv}
old story
kelling {kv} [kerling]old woman
kerling {kv} [niðr.]old woman [pej.]
fornl.
fornmunur {k}
old-timer [old or antique thing]
3 Words: Others
á efri árum {adv}at old age
áttræður {adj}eighty-year-old [attr.] <80-year-old>
fimmtugur {adj}fifty-year-old [attr.] <50-year-old>
fertugur {adj}forty-year-old [attr.] <40-year-old>
níræður {adj}ninety-year-old [attr.] <90-year-old>
ársgamall {adj}one-year-old [attr.]
veturgamall {adj}one-year-old [attr.]
aldurinn færist yfir e-nsb. is getting old
sjötugur {adj}seventy-year-old [attr.] <70-year-old>
sextugur {adj}sixty-year-old [attr.] <60-year-old>
þrítugur {adj}thirty-year-old [attr.] <30-year-old>
tvítugur {adj}twenty-year-old [attr.] <20-year-old>
3 Words: Verbs
ýfa upp gömul sárto open old wounds
3 Words: Nouns
fornvinur {k}good old friend
elliheimili {hv}old folks' home [coll.] [Am.]
dvalarheimili {hv} [aldraðra]old folks' home [coll.] [Am.]
bókm.
fornkvæði {hv}
Old Icelandic poem
elliheimili {hv}old people's home
dvalarheimili {hv} [aldraðra]old people's home
fornl.saga
fornsteinöld {kv}
Old Stone Age
ellilífeyrir {k}old-age pension
ellistyrkur {k} [gamalt]old-age pension
atv.
eftirlaunaþegi {k}
old-age pensioner <OAP> [Br.]
karl {k} [á skipi]the old man [captain on a ship]
unverified hið fornkveðna {hv}the old saying
4 Words: Others
hálffimmtugur {adj}forty-five-year-old [attr.] <45-year-old>
Hann er ekki ýkja gamall.He isn't particularly old.
Hvertu gömul? [kona]How old are you?
Hvertu gamall? [maður]How old are you?
Hvert þú gömul? [kona]How old are you?
Hvert þú gamall? [maður]How old are you?
aldagamall {adj}hundreds of years old
til forna {adv}in days of old
á gamals aldri {adv}in one's old age
í gamla daga {adv}in the old days [idiom]
fornfálegur {adj}old and worn-out
hálfþrítugur {adj}twenty-five-year-old [attr.] <25-year-old>
4 Words: Verbs
verða ellidauðurto die of old age
4 Words: Nouns
ellilífeyrisgreiðsla {kv}(old-age) pension payment
ellilífeyrisréttindi {hv.ft}(old-age) pension rights
ellidauði {k}death from old age
bókm.
fornkvæði {hv}
Old West Norse poem
elliár {hv.ft}years of old age
5+ Words: Others
Ég fór gamla veginn.I took the old road.
5+ Words: Verbs
vera á þrítugsaldrito be between 20 and 29 years old
Taxa/Species (Animals, Plants, Fungi)
dýrT
festiblaka {kv} [Myzopoda aurita]
Old World sucker-footed bat
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Translation for 'old' from English to Icelandic

old
gamall {adj}

forn {adj}

aldinn {adj} [aldraður]
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old [person: of advanced age]
aldraður {adj}

age-old
eldforn {adj}

aldagamall {adj}
centuries-old
aldagamall {adj}
decades-old
áratugagamall {adj}
Old Germanic
forngermanskur {adj}
Old Icelandic
forníslenskur {adj}

forníslenska {kv}mál.
old-fashioned
gamaldags {adj}

forneskjulegur {adj}
old-fashioned [old-style]
af gamla skólanum {adj}
old-looking
ellilegur {adj}
old-mannish
unverified karlalegur {adj}
old-school
af gamla skólanum {adj}
very old
afgamall {adj}

ævaforn {adj}

eldgamall {adj}

forgamall {adj}

ævagamall {adj}

to grow old
að verða gamall

old age
elli {kv}

ævikvöld {hv}
old bachelor
piparkarl {k}
old bag [coll.] [pej.]
kerlingarálft {kv} [niðr.]

kerlingarálka {kv} [niðr.]
Old English
fornenska {kv}mál.
old fool [pej.]
karlálft {kv} [niðr.]

karlpungur {k} [niðr.]
old friend
aldavinur {k}
old geezer [coll.]
karlugla {kv} [niðr.]

karlfauskur {k} [niðr.]

karlsauður {k} [niðr.]

karlskarfur {k} [niðr.]
Old Greek
forngríska {kv}mál.
old literature
fornrit {hv}bókm.
old maid [coll.]
pempía {kv}

piparkerling {kv}

penpía {kv} [pempía]

piparjúnka {kv} [talm.] [gamalt]
old man
öldungur {k}

karl {k} [gamalmenni]

karlhlunkur {k} [niðr.] [gamall karl]
Old Norse
norræna {kv}mál.

fornnorræna {kv}mál.

forníslenska {kv}mál.
old person
gamalmenni {hv}
old relics
fornminjar {kv.ft}fornl.
old story
fornsaga {kv}bókm.
old woman
kelling {kv} [kerling]
old woman [pej.]
kerling {kv} [niðr.]
old-timer [old or antique thing]
fornmunur {k}fornl.

at old age
á efri árum {adv}
eighty-year-old [attr.] <80-year-old>
áttræður {adj}
fifty-year-old [attr.] <50-year-old>
fimmtugur {adj}
forty-year-old [attr.] <40-year-old>
fertugur {adj}
ninety-year-old [attr.] <90-year-old>
níræður {adj}
one-year-old [attr.]
ársgamall {adj}

veturgamall {adj}
sb. is getting old
aldurinn færist yfir e-n
seventy-year-old [attr.] <70-year-old>
sjötugur {adj}
sixty-year-old [attr.] <60-year-old>
sextugur {adj}
thirty-year-old [attr.] <30-year-old>
þrítugur {adj}
twenty-year-old [attr.] <20-year-old>
tvítugur {adj}

to open old wounds
að ýfa upp gömul sár

good old friend
fornvinur {k}
old folks' home [coll.] [Am.]
elliheimili {hv}

dvalarheimili {hv} [aldraðra]
Old Icelandic poem
fornkvæði {hv}bókm.
old people's home
elliheimili {hv}

dvalarheimili {hv} [aldraðra]
Old Stone Age
fornsteinöld {kv}fornl.saga
old-age pension
ellilífeyrir {k}

ellistyrkur {k} [gamalt]
old-age pensioner <OAP> [Br.]
eftirlaunaþegi {k}atv.
the old man [captain on a ship]
karl {k} [á skipi]
the old saying
unverified hið fornkveðna {hv}

forty-five-year-old [attr.] <45-year-old>
hálffimmtugur {adj}
He isn't particularly old.
Hann er ekki ýkja gamall.
How old are you?
Hvað ertu gömul? [kona]

Hvað ertu gamall? [maður]

Hvað ert þú gömul? [kona]

Hvað ert þú gamall? [maður]
hundreds of years old
aldagamall {adj}
in days of old
til forna {adv}
in one's old age
á gamals aldri {adv}
in the old days [idiom]
í gamla daga {adv}
old and worn-out
fornfálegur {adj}
twenty-five-year-old [attr.] <25-year-old>
hálfþrítugur {adj}

to die of old age
að verða ellidauður

(old-age) pension payment
ellilífeyrisgreiðsla {kv}
(old-age) pension rights
ellilífeyrisréttindi {hv.ft}
death from old age
ellidauði {k}
Old West Norse poem
fornkvæði {hv}bókm.
years of old age
elliár {hv.ft}

I took the old road.
Ég fór gamla veginn.

to be between 20 and 29 years old
að vera á þrítugsaldri

Old World sucker-footed bat
festiblaka {kv} [Myzopoda aurita]dýrT
  • öld {kv} = age
  • öld {kv} = era
  • öld {kv} = century
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  • It roosts in caves, old disused tunnels, old temples, old forts, dark deep channels under dam sites and cellars under old buildings.
  • Yumei Yoselyn, Jesús Vidaña's 21-year-old wife, was pregnant when her 27-year-old husband got lost at sea. She also had a four-year-old child.
  • Retired brands include "Ararat Vaspurakan" 15 years old, "ArArAt Kilikia" 30 years old, "ArArAt Sparapet" 40 years old and "ArArAt Noah's Ark" 70 years old.
  • Wheelersburg is the home of the 2001 11-12-year-old, the 2003 13-14-year-old, the 2003 15-16-year-old, and the 2007 9-10-year-old state girls' softball champions.

  • His first FA Cup Final in 1879 saw Clapham Rovers lose 1–0 to Old Etonians. The second however, for his old boy club Old Carthusians two years later, saw his team defeat the Old Etonians 3–0.
  • Old Speckled Hen beer was first brewed by Morland in 1979 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the MG car factory there on 30 November 1979.
  • is a phenomenon within psychotherapy in which repetitions of old feelings, old attitudes, old desires, and/or old fantasies that someone displaces, are subconsciously projected onto a here-and-now person.
  • Various gods and men appear as sons of Odin or sons of Wodan/Wotan/Woden in old Old Norse and Old High German and Old English texts.
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  • Old boys of Loughborough Grammar School are called "Old Loughburians". They form an old boys' association, namely the Old Loughburians Association (commonly OLA).
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  • The standard blend is the 12-year-old called Grand Old Parr (40% ABV). The 15-year-old blend is known as Old Parr (43%), and the 18-year-old is known as Old Parr Superior (43%).
  • Timeform rated Ezzoud at 87p as a two-year-old, 120 as a three-year-old and 123 as a four-year-old, before awarding him a peak rating of 126 as a five-year-old in 1994.
  • The place name Oldbury, comes from the Old English 'Ealdenbyrig', – signifying that Oldbury was old even in early English times over 1,000 years ago.

  • The pedestrians who were killed in the incident were later named as 37-year-old Joanne Warren and her two sons, 5-year-old Jacob Warren and 4-month-old Leyton Warren, all from Leicester; and husband and wife 33-year-old Richard Rhodes and 30-year-old Paula Rhodes from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
  • In 2014, a 13-year-old, 17-year-old, a travel retail exclusive 19-year-old, and a limited 23-year-old were released as part of the Dewar & Sons' Last Great Malts of Scotland.
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