anfald

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German anval.

Noun

anfald n (singular definite anfaldet, plural indefinite anfald)

(medicine) attack, seizure

Declension

Declension of anfald

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	anfald	anfaldet	anfald	anfaldene
genitive	anfalds	anfaldets	anfalds	anfaldenes

Derived terms

Derived terms

anfaldsfri
anfaldsvis
anfaldsvist
angstanfald
astmaanfald
feberanfald
grådanfald
hjerteanfald
hosteanfald
kvælningsanfald
krampeanfald
latteranfald
migræneanfald
nyseanfald
smerteanfald
svimmelhedsanfald
sygdomsanfald

References

“anfald” in Den Danske Ordbog

Middle English

Alternative forms

onfold

Etymology

From Old English ānfeald, ānfald (“single, simple”), from Proto-Germanic *ainafalþaz; equivalent to an +‎ -fald.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaːnfaːld/, /ˈɔ(ː)nfɔːld/

Adjective

anfald

simple, honest; literal
Godes wei is streinðe þe anfalde monne..Iob wes anfald rihtwis Mon. — Homilies in Lambeth, 1225
single, one, onefold
Anfald godd i cal in thre, / Lauerd loued in trinite. — Cursor Mundi, 1400

Descendants

English: onefold
Scots: aefauld, aefald, aefaul; ae-fald, ae-faul; afawld, afald

References

“ō̆nfōld, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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