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Old English · adjective

ceald

Normalised ċeald

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/t͡ʃæ͜ɑld/
[t͡ʃæ͜ɑɫd]
Syllables
t͡ʃæ͜ɑld (1 syllable)
Modern English
coldcoldness

ceald1 · adjective

Senses

  1. cold

    c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 18:18

    The slaves and the servants were standing at the coals and warming themselves, because it was cold.

Declension

Strong declension of ceald
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ċealdċealdċeald
Accusative ċealdneċealdeċeald
Genitive ċealdesċealdreċealdes
Dative ċealdumċealdreċealdum
Instrumental ċealdeċealdreċealde
Plural
Nominative ċealdeċealdaċealdeċeald
Accusative ċealdeċealdaċealdeċeald
Genitive ċealdraċealdraċealdra
Dative ċealdumċealdumċealdum
Instrumental ċealdumċealdumċealdum
Weak declension of ceald
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ċealdaċealdeċealde
Accusative ċealdanċealdanċealde
Genitive ċealdanċealdanċealdan
Dative ċealdanċealdanċealdan
Instrumental ċealdanċealdanċealdan
Plural
Nominative ċealdanċealdanċealdan
Accusative ċealdanċealdanċealdan
Genitive ċealdraċealdenaċealdraċealdenaċealdraċealdena
Dative ċealdumċealdumċealdum
Instrumental ċealdumċealdumċealdum

ceald2 · noun · neuter

Senses

  1. cold, coldness

    wǣron mīne fēt, · forste ġebunden, caldum clommum, · þǣr þā ċeare sēofedun. Hāt ymb heortan · hungor innan slāt merewērġes mōd. · Þæt sē mon ne wāt

    then it beats near cliffs. My feet were squeezed by cold, bound by frost, with cold fetters, when there we bemoaned sorrows. Hot about heart, hunger within tore a sea-weary mind. The man didn't know that,

    þonne hē be clifum cnossað. · Calde ġeþrungen

  2. that which is cold

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of ceald
SingularPlural
Nominative ċealdċeald
Accusative ċealdċeald
Genitive ċealdesċealda
Dative ċealdeċealdum

All forms (10)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kald. Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian kald, Old Saxon kald, Old Dutch kalt, Old High German kalt, Old Norse kaldr, Gothic (kalds).

From Proto-West Germanic *kald, from Proto-Germanic *kaldą.

Descendants

cold

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