-feald

-feald

1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of -fold

• -fald, -feld

From Proto-West Germanic *-falþ, from Proto-Germanic *-falþaz (“-fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *poltos (“-fold”).

Cognate with Old Frisian -fald, Old Saxon -fald, German -falt, Old Norse -faldr, Gothic -𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (-falþs).

• IPA^(key): /fæ͜ɑld/, [fæ͜ɑɫd]

-feald

1. suffix denoting multiplication, or consisting of so many parts; -fold

   ānfeald ― simple, onefold

• Middle English: -fold, -fald, -falde, -feld, -folde, -vald, -feald (Early Middle English)
  • English: -fold
  • Scots: -fauld, -faul, -fald
  • Yola: -vold