anfealdlice

Old English

Etymology

From ānfeald +‎ -līċe.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

ānfealdlīċe

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).
(grammatical) in the singular

References

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

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