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Old English
Etymology
From hrīm (“frost”) + ċeald (“cold”).
Pronunciation
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.
Declension
Declension of hrīmċeald — Strong
Declension of hrīmċeald — Weak
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