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