gammel

aged, antique, old

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adj

(ældre, ældst; se også disse ord) old;

(fra gamle tider) old,

(gammel og ærværdig) ancient ( fx building, custom; ancient Greece);

(ældet) old, aged;

(antik) antique;

(som har bestået længe) old ( fx friendship), long-established ( fx

firm), long-standing ( fx complaint), of long standing ( fx a quarrel of long standing),

(forhenværende) old, former;

(mods frisk) stale ( fx bread, news, jokes);

(brugt) second-hand,

(aflagt, kasseret) cast-off;

(om ord el. udtryk: lånt fra ældre sprogbrug) archaic,

(gået af brug) obsolete.

[blive gammel] grow old;

[en to dage gammel avis] a two-day-old newspaper;

[i gamle dage] in former times, in the past; in the (good) old days;

[på sine gamle dage] in one's old age;

[de gamle] the old, old people,

(éns forældre) the old folk;

(oldtidens folk) the Ancients;

[den gamle] the old man;

(éns fader, chefen) the old man, the Governor;

[lade alt blive ved det gamle] leave things as they were;

[hænge ved det gamle] cling to the old order of things;

[være ved det gamle] be (much) as usual;

[dobbelt så gammel som jeg] twice my age;

[du gamle] old man;

[gammel elev] old pupil, old boy (, girl),

(am) alumnus (, alumna);

[for gammel] too old,

(T: til noget) past it;

[gammelt jern] scrap iron;

[lige gamle] (of) the same age;

[gammelt nummer]

(af avis) back number;

[det gamle Rom] ancient Rome;

[af den gamle skole] of the old school;

[fra gammel tid] from time immemorial;

[to år gammel] two years old (el. of age);

[tyve år gammel giftede han sig] at twenty he married.