† acale, akale, ppl. a. Obs.
[contr. for fuller *acalen; probably:—OE. of-calen pa. pple. of vb. of-calan, -cól, -calen, f. of + calan to be cold; but possibly:—a lost OE. acalen, f. a- pref. intensive, off, away + calan. Acale is parallel to awake ppl. adj. for awaken:—OE. awac-en pa. pple. See also the later acold.]
Cold, frozen.
| c 1320 Seuyn Sages (W.) 1512 What helpeth hit lenger tale? That night he sat wel sore akale And his wif lai warme abedde. 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xviii. 392 Bothe hungry and akale. 1393 Ibid. C. xxi. 439 For blod may seo blood · boþe a-þurst and a-cale, Ac blod may nat seo blod · blede, bote hym rewe. 1393 Gower Conf. III. 296 He was so sore a cale, That the wiste of him self no bote. |