单词 | acale |
释义 | † acaleadj. Obsolete. Cold (literal and figurative); frozen.Only in predicative use. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > affected with or having sensation of cold ofcaleOE acalec1300 for-coldc1320 cold1570 chill1609 chilly1611 blue-nosed1662 bone-chilled1920 c1300 All Souls (Laud) l. 15 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 420 (MED) Þulke þat weren a-cale and of-hongred. c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) l. 1378 (MED) Þat niȝt he sat wel sore akale [rhyme tale], And his wif lai warme abedde. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. l. 847 (MED) Hire herte is hot as eny fyr, And otherwhile it is acale [rhyme pale]. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. 392 (MED) For blode may suffre blode both hungry and akale [v.r. acold]. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xxi. l. 439 (MED) Blod may seo blood boþe a-þurst and a-cale Ac blod may nat seo blod blede bote hym rewe. a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 3014 (MED) Þi sely sowle schal ben akale [rhyme bale]. c1535 Ploughman's Tale i. sig. A.iiv The other syde ben poore and pale..And seme caytyffes sore a cale..Who toteth on hem they ben vntall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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