var. quold, pa. pple. of QUELL, to kill.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 255. Til he was on ðe rode wold, And biried in ðe rocke cold. Ibid., 420. Abel an hundred ȝer was hold, Ðan he was of is broðer wold. Ibid., 526. Ðor is writen quat aȝte awold, Ðat ðis werld was water wold.
