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† 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. 88...
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Phonological history of Old English
underlies Modern English, and explains why Old English ceald appears as Modern English "cold" (actually from Anglian Old English cald) rather than "*cheald
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▪ I. cold, a. (kəʊld) Forms: 1–3 cald, 3– cold, (5 coold(e, kold, gold, 6 coold, colld, 4–7 colde, 6–7 could). Northern 3– cald, (3–5 kald, 4 caald, 4–5 calde, 5 callde), 7– cauld, (9 caud, caad). Also 1 Saxon ceald, 2–4 Southern cheald, 4 cheld, chald. [OE. Anglian cald (WSax. ceald), corresp. to O...
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