Scottish comparative form of 'auld' meaning 'older' or 'more ancient', used in Scots dialect.
From Scots auld (Old English eald) with the comparative suffix -er, following standard English comparative patterns in Scottish dialect.
Scottish English preserves older grammatical patterns beautifully—'aulder' sounds archaic to modern ears, but it's how people naturally compared ages for centuries!
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