sevenefold

Middle English

Middle English numbers ^(edit)

	7
Cardinal: seven     Ordinal: seventhe     Multiplier: sevenefold

Alternative forms

• (Early ME) seofefeald, seofenfeald, seovenfald, seovevald, sefennfald
• sevenfold, zevevald, sevene fold, seven fold, sevenfalde, sevenfald

Etymology

From Old English seofonfeald; equivalent to seven +‎ -fold.

Pronunciation

• (Early Middle English, Northern) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛvənfɑːld/, /ˈsɛvəfɑːld/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛːvənfɔːld/, /ˈsɛvənfɔːld/, /ˈsɛːvəfɔːld/

Adjective

sevenefold

1. sevenfold
   • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Genesis 4:15”, in Wycliffe's Bible:

     And the Lord ſeide to hym, It ſchal not be don ſo, but ech man that ſchal ſlee Cayn ſhal be punyschid ſeuenfold. And the Lord ſettide a signe in Cayn, that ech man that ſchulde fynde hym ſchulde not ſlee hym.

     And the Lord said to him: "That won't be done, as anyone who would kill Cain will be punished sevenfold". And the Lord put a sign on Cain, so anyone who came across him wouldn't kill him.

Descendants

• English: sevenfold
• Scots: sevinfald (obsolete)

References

• “sē̆venfōld(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-17.

Adverb

sevenefold

1. sevenfold

Descendants

• English: sevenfold
• Scots: sevinfald (obsolete)

References

• “sē̆venfōld(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-17.