olden [
әuldn]
olden[ adj ]
long past
<adj.all>
olden days
Olden \Old"en\, a.
Old; ancient; as, the olden time. ``A minstrel of the olden
stamp.'' --J. C. Shairp.
Olden \Old"en\, v. i.
To grow old; to age. [R.]
She had oldened in that time. --Thackeray.
- In the not-too-distant olden days, Charlestowners married each other, he says.