acold

[uh-kohld]

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adjective

Archaic.

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

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

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

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

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

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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