ppl. a. Obs. [contr. for fuller *acalen; probably:—OE. of-calen pa. pple. of vb. of-calan, -cól, -calen, f. of + calan to be cold; but possibly:—a lost OE. acalen, f. a- pref. intensive, off, away + calan. Acale is parallel to awake ppl. adj. for awaken:—OE. awac-en pa. pple. See also the later acold.] Cold, frozen.
c. 1320. Seuyn Sages (W.), 1512. What helpeth hit lenger tale? That night he sat wel sore akale And his wif lai warme abedde.
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. XVIII. 392. Bothe hungry and akale. Ibid. (1393), C. XXI. 439. For blod may seo blood · boþe a-þurst and a-cale, Ac blod may nat seo blod · blede, bote hym rewe.
1393. Gower, Conf., III. 296. He was so sore a cale, That the wiste of him self no bote.
