
English word cold comes from Old English cald ((Anglian).)
cald (Old English)
(Anglian).
cold (Middle English)
cold (English)
(slang, informal, dated) In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.. While at low temperature.. With finality.. Without preparation. (medicine) A common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.. A condition of low temperature. (databases) Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.. (obsolete) [...]