▪ I. † keld, n.1 Obs. rare—1.
[dial. form of cold n.; see keld v.]
Cold.
| a 1310 in Wright Lyric P. 37 Casten y wol the from cares ant kelde. |
▪ II. keld, n.2 north. dial.
(kɛld)
Also 7 kell.
[a. ON. kelda (Sw. källa, Da. kilde).]
A well, fountain, spring. b. A deep, still, smooth part of a river.
Frequent in place-names in Cumbria, and Yorkshire, e.g. Gunner-keld, How Keld, Sal(t)keld, Springkeld, Threlkeld. In Cartul. Prior. de Gyseburne (Surtees) I. 48, 49, 66, Hildekelde is given as Fons Sanctæ Hildæ.
| 1697 A. de la Pryme Diary (Surtees) 142 This day I was at a place called Kell Well, near Aukburrow. 18.. T. D. Whitaker Surv. Burton Chace (ed. 3) 35 (Craven Gloss.) From cald keld super Camb to the Top of Penigent. 1825 Brockett, Kelds, the still parts of a river which have an oily smoothness while the rest of the water is ruffled. 1828 Craven Dial., Keld, a well. Halikeld, a holy fountain. A keal keld, a cold well. 1855 Robinson Whitby Gloss. s.v., ‘The keld head’, the spring head. 1891 Atkinson Last of Giant Killers 203 A very remarkable spring, or fountain, or keld it was. |
▪ III. † keld(e, v. Obs. rare.
Also chelde.
[app. repr. OE. *cealdian (see cold v.). For the vowel, cf. kelf = calf.]
intr. To become cold.
| a 1300 Maximian 64 (Digby MS.) in Anglia III. 279 For þi min herte keldeþ And mi bodi ounbeldeþ. ? c 1325 Old Age i. in E.E.P. (1862) 149 Eld wold keld an cling so the clai. Ibid. vii, Þroȝ kund i comble an kelde. |