Obs. [OE. acald-ian, W. Sax. acealdian cogn. w. OHG. irchalten, mod. G. erkalten; f. A- pref. 1 + OE. cald-ian, cealdian to become cold.]
1. intr. To become cold.
c. 880. K. Ælfred, Greg. Past., lviii. 447. Swa eac ðæt wearme wlacað, ar hit eallunga acealdiʓe.
1388. Wimbleton’s Sermon, in Halliw. The syknesse of the world thou schalt knowe by charyté acoldyng.
c. 1440. Gesta Rom., 96. When this knyght þat was accolded,—& hit was grete froste.
2. trans. To make cold, cool.
c. 1230. Ancren Riwle, 404. O sond ne groweð no god, and bitocneð idel; and idel acoaldeð & acwencheð þis fur.
