Difference between revisions of "Auldstane eld"
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| − | * '''Old Stone Age:''' the | + | * '''Old Stone Age:''' the Palaeolithic Era → Vico's first age, the divine or theocratic age |
* '''stane:''' (''Old English'') stone (''dative case'') | * '''stane:''' (''Old English'') stone (''dative case'') | ||
Latest revision as of 14:05, 15 November 2010
- Old Stone Age: the Palaeolithic Era → Vico's first age, the divine or theocratic age
- stane: (Old English) stone (dative case)
- auld: (Scots) old
- eld: (archaic) old age; antiquity
- Auld Lang Syne: a traditional Scots song sung at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day; the title literally translates as "old long since" → lang time agone in the same line
