KALDR
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adj., köld, kalt; compar. kaldari; superl. kaldastr; [from kala, as aldr from ala, galdr from gala, stuldr from stela: Goth. kalds; A. S. ceald; Engl. cold; Dutch kolt; Germ. kalt; Swed. kall; Dan. kold; common to all Teut. languages; cp. Lat. gelu, gelidus]:—cold; kalt jarn, cold iron, Fb. ii. 197; kalt veðr, Fms. v. 178, viii. 306; kaldr nár, Pass. 44. 7; ef maðr grefr lik áðr kalt er, K. Þ. K. 26; líkin vóru enn eigi köld, Fms. iv. 170; svá sem kalt stóð af Niflheimi, Edda; köld kol, cold coals, ashes, = kalda kol, Fb. i. (in a verse); brenna at köldum kolum, to be burnt to cold ashes, utterly destroyed, Fms. xi. 122, passim.
2. impers., e-m er kalt, one is cold; mér er kalt á höndunum, fútum …, Orkn. 326 (in a verse); konungi görði kalt, the king began to get cold, Fms. v. 178.
3. acc., kaldan as adv.; blása kaldan, to blow cold, Sks. 216: ís-kaldr. ice-cold; hel-k., death cold; svið-k., burning cold; ú-k., not cold; hálf-k., half cold; sár-k., sorely cold.
II. metaph. cold, chilling, baneful, fatal, Lat. dirus, infestus; héðan skulu honum koma köld ráð undan hverju rifi, Ó. H. 132, Ls. 51, Vkv. 30; so in the saying, köld eru opt kvenna-ráð, women’s counsels are oft-times fatal, Nj. 177, Gísl. 34; kann vera í at nokkurum verði myrkari eðr kaldari ráð Haralds konungs en mín, Fms. vi. 229; köld öfund, envy, Geisli; köld rödd, an evil voice, Akv. 2.
2. sometimes in translations in the metaph. sense of cold; kalt hjarta, Greg. 19; kaldr ok afskiptr, Stj. 195.
COMPDS: kaldahlátr, kaldakol, kaldaljós.