acold

[ uh-kohld ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Archaic.

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

Here you shall light a fire, which those who watch will believe to be but the fire of a herdsman who is acold.

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

Ingram was away on one of his long absences, and she felt acold.

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