FromMiddle Englishacoled (past participle ofacolen(“to grow cold or cool”)), fromOld Englishācōlod (past participle ofācōlian(“to grow cold”)), equivalent toa- +cold.
acold (notcomparable)
- (archaic or literary) Feelingcold.
- c1603–1606: Shakespeare,King Lear, IV-i
- Poor Tom'sacold.
1897 January, Paul Van Dyke, “After Caribou on Snow-Shoes”, inOuting, volume29, number 4,page363:When, for all his feathers, he’sacold, the bird plunges from his perch head foremost into the snow.
1960, “The Story of Hui-yüan”, inArthur Waley, transl.,Ballads and Stories from Tun-huang: An Anthology,page120:To debate with Tao-an would be for me like drink to one who is athirst, like fire to one who isacold.
