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CÓL

  • adjective
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Grammar
CÓL, comp. ra; sup. ost; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §106; §128; §225; §276; §310; §344; §426;
COOL, cold; frigidus
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  • Oft ǽspringe útawealleþ of clife hárum cól and hlutor

    a fountain often springs out of a hoar rock cool and clear

    • Bt. Met. Fox 5, 26
      • ;
    • Met. 5, 13
      • .

  • Hrér mid sticcan óþ-ðæt hit cól síe

    stir it about with a spoon till it be cool

    • L. M. 3, 26
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 324, 1
      • ;
    • 2, 51
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 270, 2;
    • 3, 30;
    • Lchdm. ii. 326, 6
      • ;
    • 3, 31
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 326, 15
      • .

  • Wyrc him leage of ellenahsan, þweah his heáfod mid cólre

    make him a ley of elder ashes, wash his head with this cold

    • 3, 47
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 338, 26
      • .

  • Ða cearwylmas cólran wurþaþ.

    the anxious emotions become cooler

    • Beo. Th. 570;
    • B. 282
      • ;
    • 4139
      • ;
    • B. 2066.
Etymology
Prompt. cole algidus
R. Glouc. cole
Plat. kölig, köl
Dut. koel
Kil. koel
Ger. kühl, kühle
M. H. Ger. küele
O. H. Ger. kuol
Dan. kölig, köl
Swed. kylig
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “CÓL.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/6513.

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