isceald
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiːsˌt͡ʃæ͜ɑld/, [ˈiːsˌt͡ʃæ͜ɑɫd]
Adjective
īsċeald
- (poetic) ice-cold
- Iċ earmċeariġ isċealdne sǣ winter wunade.
- In winter I lived, wretched, on the ice-cold sea.
- 10th century, The Seafarer:
- Þǣr iċ ne ġehȳrde būtan hlimman sǣ, īscaldne wǣġ.
- There I heard nothing, but roarings of sea, an ice-cold wave.
Declension
Declension of īsċeald — Strong
Declension of īsċeald — Weak
Descendants
- Middle English: *is-cold
- English: ice-cold