单词 | keld |
释义 | † keldn.1 Obsolete. rare. Cold. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] coldeOE cheldec1000 kelda1350 coldnessc1400 algor?1440 algory1623 algidity1656 frigidness1727 algidness1731 a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 39 Casten y wol þe from cares ant kelde. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2021). keldn.2 northern dialect. (a) A well, fountain, spring. (b) A deep, still, smooth part of a river.Frequent in place-names in Cumbria, and Yorkshire, e.g. Gunner-keld, How Keld, Sal(t)keld, Springkeld, Threlkeld. In Cartul. Prior. de Gyseburne (Surtees) I. 48, 49, 66, Hildekelde is given as Fons Sanctæ Hildæ. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > spring > [noun] welleOE walma897 spring?1316 spring wellc1340 water springc1450 source1477 fountain1490 quick-spring1530 eye1535 fountainhead1585 fount1594 springlet1661 keld1697 urn1726 spout head1733 spout1778 seep1824 the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > still part keld1697 steady1792 slack1825 slack-water basin1836 slack-water1837 1697 A. de la Pryme Diary (1870) i. 142 This day I was at a place called Kell Well, near Aukburrow. 18.. T. D. Whitaker Surv. Burton Chace (ed. 3) 35 (Craven Gloss.) From cald keld super Camb to the Top of Penigent. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Kelds, the still parts of a river which have an oily smoothness while the rest of the water is ruffled. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Keld, a well. Halikeld, a holy fountain. A keal keld, a cold well. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 94 ‘The keld head’, the spring head. 1891 J. C. Atkinson Last of Giant-killers 203 A very remarkable spring, or fountain, or keld it was. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1a1350n.21697 |
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