colden

English

Alternative forms

• colde

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)

1. (Scotland, ambitransitive, 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.

   • 1899, John Buchan, Grey Weather: Moorland Tales of My Own People :

     The air had coldened and a light chill wind rose from the river.

Anagrams

• cendol, cloned

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English *caldian, cealdian; equivalent to cold +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Alternative forms

• calden, chelden, kelden

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːldən/

Verb

colden

1. To grow or make cold; cool off.

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

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• Yola: coale

References

• “cōlden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Adjective

colden

1. alternative form of golden