Old English Dictionary Entry

CEALD

Part of speech: cald; Related words: calan. ceald

Definitions

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1 CEALD

comp. ra; sup. ost; adj. [ceald = cald, q. v.] Cool, COLD; frigidus, gelidus :-- Hú ðone cealdan magan ungelíclíce mettas lyste how various meats please the cool stomach, L. M. cont. 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 160, 7. Forst se biþ fyrnum ceald frost which is intensely cold, Cd. 38; Th. 50, 16; Gen. 809. Ðú ðæm wætere wǽtum and cealdum foldan fæste gesettest thow firmly settest the earth to the water wet and cold, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 180; Met. 20, 90: 20, 152; Met. 20, 76. Wedera cealdost the coldest of tempests, Beo. Th. 1097; B. 546. [Laym, cald: Plat. koold, kold, kolt: O. Sax. O. Frs. kald: Dut. koud: Kil. koud, kaud: Ger. M. H. Ger. kalt: O. H. Ger. chalt, kalt: Goth. kalds, m; kald, n: Dan. kold: Swed. kall: Icel. kaldr: Lat. gelidus: Lith. száltas: Lett. salts: Sansk. jala.] DER. æl-ceald, brim-, eal-, hrím-, ís-, morgen-, ofer-, sin-, snáw-, wæl-, winter-.

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
Goth.: Gothic
Icel.: Icelandic
L.: Latin
Lat.: Latin
O. Frs.: Old Frisian
O. H. Ger.: Old High German
O. Sax.: Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Beo.: Beowulf
Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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