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aefauldadj.Brit. /ˈeɪfɔːld/, U.S. /ˈeɪˌfɔld/, /ˈeɪˌfɑld/, Scottish English /ˈefɔl/, /ˈefɔld/, Irish English /ˈeːfɒːld/ Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian ēnfald , Old Saxon ēnfāld (Middle Low German ēnvōlt ), Old High German einfalt (Middle High German einvalt , German †einfalt (obsolete after the 17th cent.; now superseded by the suffixed form einfältig )), Old Icelandic einfaldr , Gothic ainfalþs < the Germanic base of one adj. + the Germanic base of -fold suffix. Compare later ofold adj., onefold adj.With the β. forms compare the β. forms at one adj., n., and pron. On the γ. forms, see A. J. Aitken & C. Macafee Older Sc. Vowels (2002) §20.9. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > only one > [adjective] eOE (Corpus Cambr. 173) Introd. xxxvi. 38 Gif mon næbbe buton anfeald hrægl..& he hit to wedde selle, ær sunnan setlgonge sie hit agifen. OE Ælfric (St. John's Oxf.) 83 Nvmervs is getel, singvlaris et plvralis anfeald oððe menigfeald; anfeald getel ys on anum: homo an mann. OE Ælfric (St. John's Oxf.) 87 Synd twa figura: simplex, þæt is, anfeald et composita, þæt is, [gefeged]. Anfeald hiw is decens geðæslic... Gefeged hiw byð..indecens unðæslic. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 11297 Tu shule tweȝȝenn menn. Wiþþ anfald name tellenn. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 25 Erðon he hefde anfalde sunne and seodðan he hauef [read hauet] twafald. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 6342 Persons thre, And an-fald godd in vnite [Fairf. anfalde god in trinite, Götti. a-fold godd in vnite, Trin. Cambr. o godhede in vnite]. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour (St. John's Cambr.) xx. 618 The afald god in trinite. a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil (1957) i. Prol. 457 Afald godhed, ay lestyng but discrepans. 1578 J. Rolland 11 My afald barne, and eik my onlie Air. 1875 J. Watson 98 Syne frae the wheel, an' eke the reel, The aefauld yarn was ta'en awa'. 1988 R. Vettese 25 And tae gie til the warl syne That rissom o aefauld experience Nae ither hais, or can hae. 2001 (Nexis) 13 Oct. 22 The ‘Sheuch’, far frae bein a mairch o culturs, wid be juist the mids o an aefauld cultur. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adjective] OE Ælfric (Julius) (1881) I. 130 Sebastianus cwæð, Crist geceas fram frymðe hyrdas..and anfealde fisceras, and hi siððan gelærde. OE (Corpus Cambr.) vi. 22 Gyf þin eage bið anfeald [L. simplex] eall þin lichama bið beorht. OE Ælfric Homily (Corpus Cambr. 188) in B. Assmann (1889) 50 Ðis godspell is nu gesæd sceortlice on Englisc on anfealdum gereorde. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 1537 To þeowwtenn an allmahhtiȝ godd. Wiþþ anfald rihhte laafe. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 151 Godes wei is streinðe þe anfalde monne... Iob wes anfald rihtwis Mon. 1465 in P. F. Tytler (1864) II. 388 To stand in afald kendnes, supple, and defencs, ilk an til odir. 1477 in J. Stuart (1842) II. 252 We sal tak ane afald pairt in al his leifful..actionis. a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil (1959) vii. Prol. l. 159 With afald diligens. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1960) xiii. vii. 90 Trastis weill Enee afald and kynd. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius (1858) I. 63 Come in that tyme with anefald mynd and hart. 1609 A. Hume (title) Ane Afold Admonitioun to the Ministerie of Scotland, by a Deing Brother. a1650 D. Calderwood (1843) II. 353 We sall tak effald, plaine, and upright part with him. 1796 R. Gall Prol. to Jamie & Bess in (1819) 92 That dauted leid, whilk Fame can weel attest, Suits honest Scotia's aefauld bairns the best. 1837 Sept. 300/1 An aefauld downright man he has aye continued. 1927 T. McWilliam 29 And worshippers within I see, Aefauld an' reverent. 1986 B. Holton tr. S. Nai'an Men o the Mossflow iii, in Aug. 20 A'm a braw lad, aefauld an unfylt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.eOE |