manigfeald
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *managafalþaz, equivalent to maniġ + -feald.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.nijˌfæ͜ɑld/, [ˈmɑ.nijˌfæ͜ɑɫd]
Adjective
maniġfeald (superlative maniġfealdest)
- manifold, of many parts or kinds, complex, various, numerous
- (grammar) plural
- c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice
- Numerus is ġetel, singularis et pluralis ānfeald oððe meniġfeald...
- Numerus means number, singularis et pluralis singular and plural
- Antonym: ānfeald
- c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice
Declension
Declension of maniġfeald — Strong
Declension of maniġfeald — Weak
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Descendants
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “manigfeald”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.