colden
English edit
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Etymology edit
From cold + -en. Compare Middle English colden (“to colden”), from Old English cealdian (“to colden”). More at cold.
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Verb edit
colden (third-person singular simple present coldens, present participle coldening, simple past and past participle coldened)
- (Scotland, transitive, intransitive, sometimes figurative) To grow or make cold.
- Even the snowboarding accident that he had last year that left him bedbound for 2 weeks did not seem to colden his passion for this sport.
- 1899, John Buchan, Grey Weather: Moorland Tales of My Own People [1]:
- The air had coldened and a light chill wind rose from the river.
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Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English *caldian, cealdian.
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Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
colden
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of colden (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “cōlden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
colden
- Alternative form of golden