![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We receiue but cold comfort of whatsoeuer the scripture speaketh concerning Gods power and iustice, onlesse euery of vs apply the same to himselfe according as need shal require. Iohn Caluins Commentaries (1571), the English translator Arthur Golding (1536-1606) also used cold comfort: Lord! cold was his comfort, and huge his care,įor he knew each circumstance and charge that befell him. Lorde, colde watz his cumfort, & his care huge,įor he knew vche a cace & kark Þat hym lymped. The collocation cold comfort is found in Patience, a late-14 th-century anonymous poem based on the Book of Jonah: The adjective cold in this sense has especially been used in connection with nouns such as counsel, news and rede (an obsolete word meaning a piece of advice). Where he was very merry and well at ease. (interlinear translation – Harvard College) For example, the English poet Geoffrey Chaucer (circa 1342-1400) wrote, in The Nun’s Priest’s Tale: The adjective cold has long been used to mean felt as cold by the receiver, chilling, damping, discouraging. The expression cold comfort means inadequate consolation for a misfortune. ![]()
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