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† ˈfelefold, a. (adv.) Obs.
[f. fele a.1 + fold.]
= manifold. Also absol. in by felefold: by a great deal, many times over.
c1000Ags. Ps. (Spelm.) xxxv[i]. 6 Domas ðine neowelnys micellu oððe felefeald. c1175Lamb. Hom. 135 Alswa of ane sede cumeð fele folde weste. c1205Lay. 4249 Beoð on beoken feole feld bisnen. a1225Ancr. R. 180 Boðe [temptaciuns] beoð feoleuold. c1340Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1545 Hit were a fole fele-folde. c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. i. 30, I vnderstonde þe felefolde colour & deceites of þilke merueillous monstre fortune. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xiii. 320 It was fouler bi felefold þan it firste semed.
b. As adv. In manifold ways.
1340Ayenb. 212 Naȝt wordes afaited and y-sliked ueleuold.
Hence † ˈfelefold v. Obs., to increase, multiply; (a) trans. (b) intr. for refl.
a1300E.E. Psalter iii. 2 Hou fele-folded are þai, Þat droves me to do me wa. Ibid. xi. 9 [xii. 8] Men sones fele⁓faldes tou. Ibid. cxxxviii[-ix]. 18 Over se-sand fele-falde sal þai. |