† cheald, chald, a. and n. Obs.
Also 4 cheld.
[:—OE. (Saxon) ceald = Anglian cald (whence cold). Cf. chalf = calf, chalk = calk, etc.]
= cold (in early Kentish dial.).
| c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. x. 42 ænne drinc cealdes wæteres. c 1160 Hatton G. ibid. ænne drinc chealdes wæteres. c 1330 Arth. & Merl. 8840, Thurch the hert that ysen cheld Pased. 1340 Ayenb. 139 Honger an þorst and chald and hot. Ibid. 242 Hit is hard and chald ase a ston. Alsuo byeþ þet uolk chealde ine þe loue of god. |