keld

adj, noun — 2 senses

keld

adj

1

Obsolete Having a kell or covering; webbed.

[…] the Otter then that keepes In the wild Riuers, in their Bancks and Sleeps, And ſeeds on Fish, which vnder water ſtill, He with his keld ſeet, and keene teeth doth kill; The other two into the Arke doth follow, Though his ill ſhape doth cauſe him but to wallow[…]1630, Michael Drayton, “Noahs Floud”, in The Muses Elizium Lately Discouered, page 98:

keld

noun

Etymology From Old Norse kelda (“spring”).

1

Northern England, Obsolete, Possibly A marshy place or a spring.

Than thou to'nns [turns] doon o' t'left hand an' t'keld's a matter o' tunty yards doon t'bank.1870, Atkinson, Lost, page xxii
[…] locusts and varying climatic conditions ravage the kelds, and much of the land is bad or indifferent.1898, Journal of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, volumes 1-3, page 170

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On the outer margins of the Wolds, however, there are […] Foul Sike, Keld Sike, The Kelds, Cold Kelds, Keld Ings, The Swang (a marsh or spongey ground) and The Whams at Settrington, […]1898, Transactions of the East Riding Antiquarian Society, volume 6, page 23:

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