v. Obs. rare. Also chelde. [app. repr. OE. *cealdian (see COLD v.). For the vowel, cf. kelf = calf.] intr. To become cold.
a. 1300. Maximian, 64 (Digby MS.), in Anglia, III. 279. For þi min herte keldeþ And mi bodi ounbeldeþ.
c. 1325[?]. Old Age, i. in E. E. P. (1862), 149. Eld wold keld an cling so the clai. Ibid., vii. Þroȝ kund i comble an kelde.
