colden
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From cold + -en. Compare Middle English colden (“to colden”), from Old English cealdian (“to colden”). More at cold.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kəʊld(ə)n/
- Rhymes: -əʊldən
Verb
colden (third-person singular simple present coldens, present participle coldening, simple past and past participle coldened)
- (Scotland, transitive, intransitive, sometimes figurative) To grow or make cold.
- Even the snowboarding accident that he had last year that left him bedbound for 2 weeks did not seem to colden his passion for this sport.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English *caldian, cealdian.
Alternative forms
- calden, chelden, kelden
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔːldən/
Conjugation
Conjugation of colden (weak in -ed)
| infinitive | (to) colden, colde | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | colde | colded | |
| 2nd-person singular | coldest | coldedest | |
| 3rd-person singular | coldeth | colded | |
| subjunctive singular | colde | ||
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural1 | colden, colde | coldeden, coldede | |
| imperative plural | coldeth, colde | — | |
| participles | coldynge, coldende | colded, ycolded | |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
References
- “cōlden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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