adj.

Of, relating to, or belonging to time long past; old or ancient: olden days.

[Middle English : old, old; see old + -en, adj. suff.; see –en².]

adjective

Belonging to, existing, or occurring in times long past: age-old, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, hoary, old, old-time, timeworn, venerable. Idioms: old as Methuselah, old as the hills. See new/old.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of time long past

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - gammel, fordum

idioms:

• in (the) olden days    i gamle dage
• in the olden days    i gamle dage

Nederlands (Dutch)
oud, vroeger, (doen) verouderen

Français (French)
adj. - d'autrefois, jadis, de l'ancien temps

idioms:

• in olden days    autrefois
• in the olden days    autrefois, jadis

Deutsch (German)
adj. - früher, in alten Zeiten

idioms:

• in olden days    früher, in alten Zeiten
• in the olden days    früher

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (απαρχ.) παλαιός, παλιοκαιρίτικος

idioms:

• in (the) olden days    τον παλιό καιρό
• in the olden days    τον παλιό καιρό

Italiano (Italian)
antico

idioms:

• in (the) olden days    allora, ai vecchi tempi

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - velho, antigo

idioms:

• in (the) olden days    nos tempos idos

Русский (Russian)
тогдашний, прежний

idioms:

• in (the) olden days    в прежние времена

Español (Spanish)
adj. - antiguo, antaño

idioms:

• in olden days    en tiempos antiguos, antaño, en aquellos días
• in the olden days    en aquella época

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - forn, gammal

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
古时的, 从前的

idioms:

• in (the) olden days    古时候, 很久以前
• in the olden days    古时候, 很久以前

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 古時的, 從前的

idioms:

• in (the) olden days    古時候, 很久以前
• in the olden days    古時候, 很久以前

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 옛날의

idioms:

• in (the) olden days    옛날에는
• in the olden days    옛날에는

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 老いる

idioms:

• in (the) olden days    昔は

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سالف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של העבר, ישן‬

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