Cold

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 · 1889 · p. 6

adj. cold, PP; chald , S; kald , S; cald , S2, MD; kold , S; chold , S; cheld , S2; cold , evil, G.—AS. ceald , cald : Goth. kalds from OTeut. * kalan , to freeze, cp. Icel. kala (pt. kól , pp. kalinn ).