felefold

Alternative forms

• feelefold

Etymology

From Middle English felefolde (“multiple, many; varied, diverse”), from Old English felafeald, felefeald (“manifold, many times over”), equivalent to fele (“many”) +‎ -fold. Compare Dutch veelvoud, German Vielfalt.

Pronunciation

• enPR: fēl fōld, IPA^(key): /fil̩ foʊld/

Adjective

felefold (comparative more felefold, superlative most felefold)

1. (obsolete) Manifold; multiple, various; varied, diverse adv: many times over; in many ways; in various ways or places

   The grapes grovid a-grete in gardyns aboute, And oþer fruytz felefold in feldes and closes. — Mum and the Sothsegger

References

• Century Dictionary and Cyclopdia