Auld Alliance

English Etymology From the en sco - for en old + en alliance. Proper noun Auld Alliance 1 en historical The old alliance between Scotland and France against England. en 1894 w:Andrew Lang Ban and Arrière Ban: A Rally of Fugitive Rhymes A Scot to Jeanne D'Arc 1 3–4 Whose sires were to the Auld Alliance true, / They, by the Maiden's side, en 1897 w:William Allan Neilson The Original of "The Complaynt of Scotlande" The Journal of Germanic Philology 27699027 1 4 412 In any case, whatever the importance of such details, the relation of the two books is a further evidence of the literary side of the ‘auld alliance’. en 1955 w:David Maxwell Walker Some Characteristics of Scots Law The Modern Law Review 1090777 18 4 326 Whether it is a consequence of the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France or not, the French comparative lawyers have always been conspicuously more appreciative of the virtues of Scots law than have English scholars and judges en w:Jacob Rees-Mogg Business of the House https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2021-07-22/debates/DCDBB510-C45C-4881-A9D5-CA687C033413/BusinessOfTheHouse House of Commons 22 July 2021 1162 Therefore, if the French have decided that they wish to be difficult, which is not an unprecedented habit of the French, then that is a matter that the hon. Gentleman should take up with the auld alliance. en