gelare

gelare [CL] 1 to freeze; b (absol., of weather); c (fig.). Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 258 (v. gelatio); c1236 fervens calor etiam ~ata que contingit, solvit Gros. Ep. 31 p. 117; serpens semel jacebat super terram ~atam et multum algebat O. Cheriton Fab. 59; recedit gelidus et gelans aquilo Walt. Wimb. Carm. 303; ~at, freses WW. b s1491 fuit gelu ‥ vehemens . ‥ incepit ~are cum nive ‥ cadente Reg. Merton 143. c bonorum ~ante studio, incommodorum seges succrescens incaluit W. Malm. GR IV 312 p. 367; cum ‥ humanitus caritas gelabit Peckham Def. Mend. 412. 2 to congeal, solidify. Gildas EB 24 (v. 2 crusta 1c).

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