hrimceald
Old English
Etymology
From hrīm (“frost”) + ċeald (“cold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxriːmˌt͡ʃæ͜ɑld/, [ˈr̥iːmˌt͡ʃæ͜ɑɫd]
Adjective
hrīmċeald
- icy cold, frost-cold
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
- Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,
Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ
ġeond lagulāde · longe sċeolde
hrēran mid hondum · hrīmċealde sǣ,
wadan wræclāstas. · Wyrd bið ful ārǣd.- A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful,
through a sea-way he should for long
stir the frost-cold sea with hands,
travel paths of exile. Fate is well stalwart.
- A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
Declension
Declension of hrīmċeald — Strong
Declension of hrīmċeald — Weak
Related terms
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hrīmċeald”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.