olden

olden · adjective¹

1. Old Norse · derived fromaldinn“ancient, old”
2. Middle English · inherited fromolden
3. English todayolden

From Middle English olden, probably originally an inflected plural form of old (compare Old English ealdum, dative plural of eald (“old”)), but later reanalysed as equivalent to old + -en (“made of”). Otherwise derived from Old Norse aldinn (“ancient, old”).

olden · verb²

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eltós
3. Proto-Germanic*aldaz
4. Proto-West Germanic*ald
5. Anglian Old Englishald
6. Middle Englishold
7. Englishold
8. English todayolden

From old + -en (“to make (adjective)”).

Olden · proper noun³

Variant of Alden.