a. and sb. 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., 8840. Thurch the hert that ysen cheld Pased.
1340. Ayenb., 139. Honger an þorst and chald and hot. Ibid., 242. Hit is hard and chald ase a ston. Alsuo byeþ þet uolk chealde ine þe loue of god.
