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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cald, Cauld, n. Also: calde, (kald,) caulde, cawld. [Northern ME. cald(e, caald (c 1300), OE. cald, ceald, from Cald, a.]

1. Cold, coldness (of the air or body).(a) a1400 Leg. S. xliii. 357.
For we thole now cald & het c1420 Wynt. vii. 130.
Sum deyd in cald and hungyr sare 1456 Hay II. 39/18.
Outhir hunger or thirst, or hete or calde a1500 Bk. Chess 1718.
As cald with heit & richt so heit with cald c1515 Asl. MS. I. 310/15.
The south for our cruell hetis and the north for oure wehement caldis are inhabitable 1513 Doug. i. iii. 1.
Belive Eneas membris schuk for cald Ib. vii. Prol. 96.
I … kest on clathis thrynfald, Fortil expell the peralus persand cald 1531 Bell. Boece II. 123.
He tuk the gout, throw vehement cald 1552 Lynd. Mon. 813.
Thay sufferit nouther heit, nor cald a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F. cix. 23.
Warm claythis ar bettir for me To keip fra cald 1596 Dalr. I. 5/11.
Caesar said, he fand heit and calde less vehement in Scotlande than in France(b) 1375 Barb. iii. 377.
Sa hard anoy … Off hungir, cauld, with schowris snell a1400 Leg. S. xviii. 1009.
Quhyl for het, & syne for cauld, One the ȝerd done fal I wald 1456 Hay II. 143/19.
Quhen man passis sudaynly fra grete hete to grete caulde a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 89.
Adam … and his seid, … Wanderand in wa, … In cauld and heit c1552 Lynd. Mon. 1095.
Than maid he thame abilȝement … , Thame to preserue frome heit and cauld c1500 Interl. Droich 58 (B).
For cawld scho tuke the fevir cartane a1598 Ferg. Prov. 7 b.
God sends men cauld as they have clothes to

2. Cold as an ailment. c1500 Rowll Cursing 48.
Hoist, heidwark, … Kald [M. cauld], kanker, feistir or feveris c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxi. 16.
To colleveris . . That scabbit ar, hes cruik and cald a1605 Montg. Flyt. 294 (T).
The coche, the connoche, the collik and the cauld