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CÓL

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
CÓL, gen. cóles; pl. nom. acc. cólacólu ; gen. cóla; dat. cólum; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §106; §128; §276; §344;
COAL; carbo
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  • Cól

    carbo

    • Wrt. Voc. 86, 20;
    • 286, 79
  • Swá sweart swá cól

    as black as coal

    • L. M. 3, 39;
    • Lchdm. ii. 332, 19
    • .
  • Cól MS. coll

    carbo

    • Ælfc. Gl. 30;
    • Som. 61, 75;
    • Wrt. Voc. 27, 4
    • .
  • On hát cól

    upon a hot coal

    • L. M. 1, 50;
    • Lchdm. ii. 124, 6.
  • Cóla onælde synd fram him

    carbones succensi sunt ab eo

    • Ps. Spl. 17, 10, 15.
  • Feallaþ ofer hí cólu

    cadent super eos carbones

    • Ps. Spl. C. 139, 11
    • .
  • Þurh ða cólu ðæs alteres

    by the coals of the altar

    • Past. 7, 1
    • ;
    • Hat. MS. 12a, 10
    • .
  • Ða twegen drýmen wurdon awende to có1a gelícnyssum

    the two wizards were turned to the likeness of coals

    • Homl. Th. ii. 496, 18.
Etymology
Prompt. cole, carbo
Wyc. colis, pl.
Chauc. cole
Laym. col
Scot. coill, coyll
Plat. köle
Frs. koal
O. Frs. kole
Dut. kool, m. f.
Kil. kole
Ger. kohle, f.
M. H. Ger. kol, m.
O. H. Ger. kolo, m. kol, n.
Dan. kul, n.
Swed. kol, n.
Icel. kol, n.
Derived forms
heofon-cól
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  • CÓL, n.