onfold

Middle English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English ānfeald, ānfald (“single, simple”), from Proto-Germanic *ainafalþaz; equivalent to on +‎ -fold.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːnfaːld/, /ˈɔ(ː)nfɔːld/

Adjective

onfold

  1. simple, honest; literal
    Godes wei is streinðe þe anfalde monne..Iob wes anfald rihtwis Mon. — Homilies in Lambeth, 1225
  2. single, one, onefold
    Anfald godd i cal in thre, / Lauerd loued in trinite. — Cursor Mundi, 1400

Descendants

  • English: onefold
  • Scots: aefauld, aefald, aefaul (noun), ae-fald, ae-faul (adj), afawld, afald

References

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