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Old English · adjective

hrimceald

Normalised hrīmċeald

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈxriːmˌt͡ʃæ͜ɑld/
[ˈr̥iːmˌt͡ʃæ͜ɑɫd]
Syllables
ˈxriːm · ˌt͡ʃæ͜ɑld (2 syllables)
Modern English
frost-coldfrosticy

Meaning

  1. icy cold, frost-cold

    Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ ġeond lagulāde · longe sċeolde hrēran mid hondum · hrīmċealde sǣ, wadan wræclāstas. · Wyrd bið ful ārǣd.

    A loner oft waits a grace for himself, Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful, through a sea-way he should for long stir the frost-cold sea with hands, travel paths of exile. Fate is well stalwart.

    Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,

Declension

Strong declension of hrimceald
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative hrīmċealdhrīmċealdhrīmċeald
Accusative hrīmċealdnehrīmċealdehrīmċeald
Genitive hrīmċealdeshrīmċealdrehrīmċealdes
Dative hrīmċealdumhrīmċealdrehrīmċealdum
Instrumental hrīmċealdehrīmċealdrehrīmċealde
Plural
Nominative hrīmċealdehrīmċealdahrīmċealdehrīmċeald
Accusative hrīmċealdehrīmċealdahrīmċealdehrīmċeald
Genitive hrīmċealdrahrīmċealdrahrīmċealdra
Dative hrīmċealdumhrīmċealdumhrīmċealdum
Instrumental hrīmċealdumhrīmċealdumhrīmċealdum
Weak declension of hrimceald
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative hrīmċealdahrīmċealdehrīmċealde
Accusative hrīmċealdanhrīmċealdanhrīmċealde
Genitive hrīmċealdanhrīmċealdanhrīmċealdan
Dative hrīmċealdanhrīmċealdanhrīmċealdan
Instrumental hrīmċealdanhrīmċealdanhrīmċealdan
Plural
Nominative hrīmċealdanhrīmċealdanhrīmċealdan
Accusative hrīmċealdanhrīmċealdanhrīmċealdan
Genitive hrīmċealdrahrīmċealdenahrīmċealdrahrīmċealdenahrīmċealdrahrīmċealdena
Dative hrīmċealdumhrīmċealdumhrīmċealdum
Instrumental hrīmċealdumhrīmċealdumhrīmċealdum

All forms (10)

Etymology

From hrīm (“frost”) + ċeald (“cold”).

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