acold

[ uh-kohld ]

adjective

, Archaic.

1. being cold or chilled.

Word History and Origins

Origin of acold¹

before 900; Middle English acolde, Old English ācolod, past participle of ācōlian to grow cold. See a- ³, cool, -ed ²

Example Sentences

Now that love is old, Shall we leave the floor unswept And the hearth acold?

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Husband in faith, and that acold; Ah well away, Joseph, as thou art old!

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How kind is the clasping right-hand, that hath smitten the battle acold!

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My caldron would grow acold And never again would bubble up, If touched by her thread of gold.

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So I dare not brew thee a spell 'gainst her My caldron would grow acold And never again would bubble up, If touched by her thread of gold.

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