= ich ’olde, obs. dial. f. I would: see CH pron. and I.
1529. More, Dyaloge, 119 b/1. [A rustic speaks] By ye masse, chold twere a fayre fyshepole.
1575. J. Still, Gamm. Gurton, III. iii. Woulde chad her by the face, Chould cracke her callet crowne. Ibid. Chold yet this fray wer wel take up.
1580. H. Gifford, Gilloflowers (1875), 133. If that iche durst, Chould pray thee carrie him some clothes.
