onfold

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === anfald === 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 ==== Descendants ==== English: onefold Scots: aefauld, aefald, aefaul (noun), ae-fald, ae-faul (adj), afawld, afald ==== References ==== “ō̆nfōld, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.