anfealdlice

Old English

Etymology

From ānfeald +‎ -līċe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːnˌfæ͜ɑldˌliː.t͡ʃe/, [ˈɑːnˌfæ͜ɑɫdˌliː.t͡ʃe]

Adverb

ānfealdlīċe

1. simply
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Purification of St. Mary"

     Ānfealdlīce hī sind scyldiġe ðurh Adames synne, and twyfealdlīce hī bēoð fordēmde, þonne hī wiðsacað Cristes tō-cymes, and nellað ġelȳfan on ðone sōðan Hǣlend.

     Simply they are guilty through Adam's sin, and doubly they will be condemned, when they deny Christ's coming, and will not believe in the true Healer (Christ).

2. (grammatical) in the singular

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ánfeald-líce”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.