† ˈofold, a. Obs.
Also 3 ofeald, 4 ofald.
[Reduced f. *ônfold, OE. ánfald: see afald; also onefold.]
a. Single. b. Simple.
| c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 187 Ofeald oðer twifeald is ilch man. a 1300 Cursor M. 25024 (Gött.) ‘Anelepi’ qui es he cald and knaun Bot for he es ofald [Cott. anfald] his fader aun? 13.. Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. xlvi. 278 Now knowe I wel þat hit mai be Þat O-fold god Is in þre. c 1440 Jacob's Well 197 Þou woldyst restore hym o-fold, þat is, euen in-as-myche as þou dedyst him harm! |