† dold, ppl. a. Obs.
[perh. orig. pa. pple. of *dol-en, var. of dull-en, dull v.: cf. OE. dol adj., dull, foolish, stupid; also Sc. dowd, dow v.3]
Stupid, inert, as through old age, cold, etc.
| c 1460 Towneley Myst. 27 (Noe) Hit is wonder that I last sich an old dote Alle dold [rime old]. Ibid. 98 (Shepherd in field by night) What these wedirs ar cold, and I am ylle happyd; I am nere hande dold, so long have I nappyd. |