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单词 acale
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acaleadj.

Forms: Middle English akale, Middle English–1500s acale.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English acalen ; ofcale adj.
Etymology: Either the reflex of Old English acalen, past participle of acalan (rare) to be affected adversely by cold ( < a- prefix1 + Old English calan to be cold, to become cold, (also) to make cold: see cold adj.), or < ofcale adj. with reduction of the prefix (compare a- prefix4). Compare earlier acold v., acool v., akele v., and slightly later acold adj.
Obsolete.
Cold (literal and figurative); frozen.Only in predicative use.
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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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