† chelde, n. Obs.
[OE. (late WSax.) chylder from cielder (Anglian) cęldu:—WGer. type *kaldî, *keldî, f. kald cold. (Or it may have been analogically formed in OE., after yldu, ęldu, stręngu, and the other abstracts of this class.)]
Cold.
| c 1000 ælfric Colloq. ¶12 Hás for cylde and hreame. c 1300 K. Alis. 5501 He..had on..for the chelde, Twoo thik mantels, y-furred with grys. |