Middle English Dictionary Entry
-fōld suf.
Entry Info
Forms | -fōld suf. Also -feald (early), -fald, -fauld, -feld, -vald, -vold. |
Etymology | OE -feald, -fald, corresp. to Goth. -falþ-s, OI -fald-r, OHG -falt; cp. also the cognate L -plex. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Forming adjs. (used also as advs., and occas. as nouns) on cardinal numerals and on indefinite numerals, and having such meanings as 'consisting of or comprising x parts, units, specimens, etc.', 'x times as numerous, great, intense, etc.'. Examples: thre-fold, thritti-, hundred-, thousand-; fele-, mani-, more-; also an-fald simple, forming a unit.
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