keld

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English

Etymology 1

Adjective

keld (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Having a kell or covering; webbed.
    • 1630, Michael Drayton, “Noahs Floud”, in The Muses Elizium Lately Discouered‎, page 98:
      […] the Otter then that keepes
      In the wild Riuers, in their Bancks and Sleeps,
      And ſeeds on Fish, which vnder water ſtill,
      He with his keld ſeet, and keene teeth doth kill;
      The other two into the Arke doth follow,
      Though his ill ſhape doth cauſe him but to wallow […]

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Etymology 2

From Old Norse kelda (“spring”).

Noun

keld (plural kelds)

  1. (Northern England, possibly obsolete) A marshy place or a spring.
    • 1870, Atkinson, Lost, page xxii:
      Than thou to'nns doon o' t'left hand an' t'keld's a matter o' tunty yards doon t'bank.
    • 1898, Journal of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, volumes 1-3, page 170:
      locusts and varying climatic conditions ravage the kelds, and much of the land is bad or indifferent.
    • 1898, Transactions of the East Riding Antiquarian Society, volume 6, page 23:
      On the outer margins of the Wolds, however, there are […] Foul Sike, Keld Sike, The Kelds, Cold Kelds, Keld Ings, The Swang (a marsh or spongey ground) and The Whams at Settrington, […]

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