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onefold

adj

Etymology

From Middle English onfold, anfald (“single, simple, honest, onefold”), from Old English ānfeald (“single, simple”, literally “onefold”), from Proto-West Germanic *ainfald, from Proto-Germanic *ainafalþaz (“onefold, simple”), equivalent to one + -fold. Cognate with Dutch eenvoud (“simplicity, easiness”), German Einfalt (“simplicity”) and einfach (“simple”), Icelandic einfaldur (“simple”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (ainfalþs, “simple”). More at one, -fold.

  1. inherited from *ainafalþaz✻ — “onefold, simple”
  2. inherited from *ainfald✻
  3. inherited from ānfeald — “single, simple”
  4. inherited from onfold

Definitions

  1. Constituting or being indicative of a single aspect or theme.

  2. Consisting of a single undivided part

    Consisting of a single undivided part; whole; complete.

    • There the soul is onefold, pure and chaste, and empty of all things.

  3. Simple, plain, straightforward.

    • [Her] object was simple enough; but it was too simple—too onefold (if I may borrow an expressive word from my native tongue: ae-fauld we write it in Scotch) for the apprehension of ordinary persons[.]
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Singular, as opposite to plural.

      • Ye see how ready men are to misconstrue and pervert the onefold meaning of the Lord.

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Derived

onefoldness

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA