Middle English Dictionary Entry
cọ̄l n.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | cọ̄l n.(3) |
| Etymology | From adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Coldness, coolness.
Associated quotations
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5506 : All at come in-to þat cole, crabbis has þaim drenchid.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5534 : How he miȝt seke doun sounde in-to þe see bothom, To see..How many kind of creatours þat in þe cole duellis.
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)90 : Cole or sumwat cold: Algor.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)191 : As they that wolde ride in the cole of the mornynge.
- a1500 Man vpon mold (BodPoet e.1)18 : A pilion or taberd to wer in hete or cole.
- a1525 Conq.Irel.(Dub 592)98/14 : Heet & cool [Rwl: colde] al I-lyche wel he myght suffre.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)3379 : In þe cole [alt. to: cold], in þe daweynge Wende we; Þan we mowen..Rosten oure beestes in þe hote.
Note: New spelling: Also cole.