anfald

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German anval.

Noun

anfald n (singular definite anfaldet, plural indefinite anfald)

1. (medicine) attack, seizure

Declension

Declension of anfald

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	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

1. simple, honest; literal

   Godes wei is streinðe þe anfalde monne..Iob wes anfald rihtwis Mon. — Homilies in Lambeth, 1225

2. single, one, onefold

   Anfald godd i cal in thre, / Lauerd loued in trinite. — Cursor Mundi, 1400

Descendants

• English: onefold
• Scots: aefauld, aefald, aefaul (noun), ae-fald, ae-faul (adj), afawld, afald

References

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