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† ˈafald, a. Obs. or dial.
Forms: 1 ánfeald, 1–3 anfald, 4–6 afald(e, 5–6 anefald, 6 afauld, efald, 7 effa(u)ld, 8– aefauld; all north. after 2. Rare midl. form 5 oonefold.
[f. a adj.1, an, one + fold; cogn. w. OS. and OFris. énfáld, ON. einfalldr, Goth. ainfalps, mod.G. einfalt-ig. Confined after 12th c. to northern, and after 14th to Sc. writers, by whom reduced to a-fald, effauld, mod.Sc. aefauld. The oonefold of Townl. Myst. is only a transliteration of the north. anfald, the midl. and south. dialects having lost the word, which has however been used anew in modern times as one-fold. Cf. two-fold, etc.]
†1. Single, singular, sole, only. Obs.
c1000ælfric Gramm. xiii. 83 Numerus is ᵹetel, singularis et pluralis ánfeald oððe meniᵹfeald. c1175Lamb. Hom. 25 Erðon he hefde anfalde sunne and seodðan he haueð twafald. c1200Ormul. 11296 Swa þatt tu shule tweȝȝenn menn Wiþþ anfald name tellenn. c1300Cursor Mundi 6342 Cotton MS. Persons thre, And an-fald godd in vnite. Fairfax MS. Anfalde god in trinite. Göttingen MS. A-fold godd in vnite. Trinity MS. O godhede in vnite. 1375Barbour Bruce xx. 618 The afald god in trinite· c1460Townl. Myst. 132 Hayll, oonefold God in persons þre! 1513Douglas æneis Pref. 463 Afald Godhede, ay lesting but discrepance.
2. Simple, sincere, without duplicity; honest. (In mod. Sc. Jamieson.)
c960Rushw. Gosp. Matt. vi. 22 Ȝif þin eᵹe biþ anfald. c1000Ags. Gosp. ibid., Ȝyf þin eaᵹe bið an-feald. c1175Lamb. Hom. 151 Anfald oðer twafald is ech mon..Iob wes anfald rihtwis Mon, and swa god mon. c1200Ormul. 1537 To þeowwtenn an Allmahhtiȝ Godd Wiþþ anfald rihhte læfe. 1465quoted in Tytler Hist. Scot. II. 388 To stand in afald kendnes, supplé, and defencs, ilk an til odir. 1513Douglas æneis vii. Prol. 159 With ane fald diligence. Ibid. xiii. vii. 90 Traistis wele Enee afald and kynd. 1535Stewart Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 63 Come in that tyme with anefald mynd and hart. 1600in Pitcairn Crim. Trials (1833) II. 284 To obey and serve, with efald and ever ready service. 1609A. Hume (title) Ane Afold Admonitioun to the Ministerie of Scotland, by a Deing Brother. 1651Calderwood Hist. Kirk. (1843) II. 353 We sall tak effald, plaine, and upright part with him. |