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Old English · adjective

anfeald

Normalised ānfeald

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈɑːnˌfæ͜ɑld/
[ˈɑːnˌfæ͜ɑɫd]
Syllables
ˈɑːn · ˌfæ͜ɑld (2 syllables)
Modern English
simpleonefoldsingle

Meaning

  1. simple

  2. single, sole

  3. (singular)singular

    Ānfeald ġetel is on ānum

    A grammatically singular (noun) is alone

    c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice

Declension

Strong declension of anfeald
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ānfealdānfealdānfeald
Accusative ānfealdneānfealdeānfeald
Genitive ānfealdesānfealdreānfealdes
Dative ānfealdumānfealdreānfealdum
Instrumental ānfealdeānfealdreānfealde
Plural
Nominative ānfealdeānfealdaānfealdeānfeald
Accusative ānfealdeānfealdaānfealdeānfeald
Genitive ānfealdraānfealdraānfealdra
Dative ānfealdumānfealdumānfealdum
Instrumental ānfealdumānfealdumānfealdum
Weak declension of anfeald
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ānfealdaānfealdeānfealde
Accusative ānfealdanānfealdanānfealde
Genitive ānfealdanānfealdanānfealdan
Dative ānfealdanānfealdanānfealdan
Instrumental ānfealdanānfealdanānfealdan
Plural
Nominative ānfealdanānfealdanānfealdan
Accusative ānfealdanānfealdanānfealdan
Genitive ānfealdraānfealdenaānfealdraānfealdenaānfealdraānfealdena
Dative ānfealdumānfealdumānfealdum
Instrumental ānfealdumānfealdumānfealdum

All forms (10)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ainfald, equivalent to ān + -feald.

Descendants

onefold

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