† felefoldadj.adv.
Obsolete.
a. = manifold adv. Also absol. in by felefold: by a great deal, many times over.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective]
sunderlyeOE
manifoldeOE
selcoutha1000
felefoldc1000
mislichOE
alkinOE
manykinOE
fele-kync1175
serekina1300
sundera1325
sundrya1325
serea1340
divers1340
varyingc1340
variantc1380
muchfoldc1384
serelepesa1400
serelepya1400
multifaryc1460
sundryfoldc1460
multiplicate?a1475
variable?a1475
sundrilyc1480
diversea1542
particoloured1591
multifarious1593
Protean1594
daedal1596
choiceful1605
Daedalian1605
multiplex1606
variated1608
diversified1611
multiplicious1617
variousa1634
multivarious1636
mosaic1644
multiple1647
omnigenous1650
chequered1656
plurifarious1656
ununiform1660
variate1677
disuniform1687
Proteusian1689
unsteady1690
unequable1693
inequable1721
variegating1727
varied1733
multitudinous1744
multifold1806
polygeneous1818
unequalized1822
ruleless1836
varicoloured185.
non-uniform1856
omnigener1857
polytypic1858
multiferous1860
variatious1871
variegated1872
polytypical1890
the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [adjective]
feleOE
felefoldc1000
manifoldOE
unfewc1175
mucha1225
many one?a1300
greata1325
manyc1450
numerous1622
maint1706
right smart1825
c1000 Ags. Ps. xxxv[i]. 6 Domas ðine neowelnys micellu oððe felefeald.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 135 Alswa of ane sede cumeð fele folde weste.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 137 Ba [temptaciuns] beoð feole fold.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2120 Beoð on beoken feole-feld bisnen.
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. i. 30 I vnderstonde þe felefolde colour & deceites of þilke merueillous monstre fortune.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiii. 320 It was fouler bi felefold þan it firste semed.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1545 Hit were a fole fele-folde.
b. As adv. In manifold ways.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > [adverb] > in many ways
felefold1340
many gatesa1425
many gatec1425
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 212 Naȝt wordes afaited and y-sliked ueleuold.
Derivatives
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > multiply or reproduce [verb (intransitive)]
teemOE
tidderOE
breedc1200
felefolda1300
fructifya1325
creasec1380
multiplyc1390
engendera1400
fawn1481
procreate1576
propagate1601
generate1605
spawn1607
pullulate1618
populate1625
reproduce1650
prolify1660
the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > multiply or reproduce [verb (transitive)]
kenc825
begeteOE
strenec893
raisec1175
breeda1250
kenec1275
felefolda1300
engendera1325
tiddera1325
multiplyc1350
genderc1384
producea1513
procreatea1525
propagate1535
generate1552
product1577
kind1596
traduce1599
pullulate1602
traduct1604
progenerate1611
store1611
spawna1616
spawna1617
reproduce1650
propage1695
to make a baby1911
a1300 E.E. Psalter iii. 2 Hou fele-folded are þai, Þat droves me to do me wa.
a1300 E.E. Psalter xi. 9 [xii. 8] Men sones fele~faldes tou.
a1300 E.E. Psalter cxxxviii[-ix]. 18 Over se-sand fele-falde sal þai.
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