sb. Obs. [OE. (late WSax.) chylder from cielder (Anglian) cęldu:—WGer. type *kaldî, *keldî, f. kald cold. (Or it may have been analogically formed in OE., after yldu, ęldu, stręngu, and the other abstracts of this class.)] Cold.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Colloq., ¶ 12. Hás for cylde and hreame.
c. 1300. K. Alis., 5501. He … had on … for the chelde, Twoo thik mantels, y-furred with grys.
