aefauld
/ˈeɪfɔːld/(also aefald, aefaul)
adjective
1Consisting of only one part, element, or unit; single; = onefold. Now rare ( Scottish and Irish English ( northern ) after Middle English).
- In Old English also: (Grammar ) (of a word) simple, uncompounded; singular (also designating grammatical number)..
2Free from duplicity; sincere, honest, faithful; plain, straightforward. Scottish after Middle English.
Origin
Old English; earliest use found in Laws of Aelfred. Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian ēnfald, Old Saxon ēnfāld (Middle Low German ēnvōlt), Old High German einfalt, Old Icelandic einfaldr, Gothic ainfalþs from the Germanic base of one + the Germanic base of -fold.