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He's an aulder man, an' no abune half the size.

From Malcolm by MacDonald, George

I mind when she was but ten 'ear auld, me, that was saxteen or seventeen 'ear aulder, cudna haud the can'le till her.

From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.

The aulder he grew, when he was in the country, he went the more about the manse, and Esther was nearly about his own age.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various

There's something in what the Smith says," said Bandy; "but if there's to be nae growin' ony aulder i' the next world, there'll be some fowk 'ill hae a gey trauchle.

From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.

She looked as young like at forty as ever I saw another woman do at twenty; and now, when she has been my wife for thirty years, I hardly ken her aulder.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various