𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃

From Proto-Germanic *ainafalþaz (“single, simple”); equivalent to 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (ains) +‎ -𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (-falþs). Cognate with Old English ānfeald (“single, simple”) (and thence English onefold) and Old Saxon ēnfald (“simple”); close in formation to Ancient Greek ἁπλόος (haplóos), which it translates.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːnˌfalθs/

𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 • (ainfalþs) (adverb 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌰𐌱𐌰)

1. (hapax) simple (uncomplicated)
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Matthew 6:22:

     𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌽 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉: 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌽𐌿 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸 𐌹𐍃𐍄, 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌹𐌸.

     lukarn leikis ist augō: jabai nu augō þein ainfalþ ist, allata leik þein liuhadein wairþiþ.

     The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. (KJV)

• 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 (ainfalþei, “simplicity”)

• 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (ains, “one”)
• -𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (-falþs, “-fold”)

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “A74. *ain-falþs”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 16
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 4