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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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AEFAULD, AEFALD, AE-FAUL, adj. Onefold, lit. and fig. Gen.Sc. [′e:fɑl + a, I.Sc., n.Sc.; ′e:fɑld, em.Sc.(a); ′je:fǫld, em.Sc.(b); ′je:fǫl, wm.Sc.; ′je:fɒl, sm.Sc.; jæ:fɒl(d), s.Sc.]

1. Lit., of one fold or ply, onefold, single.Ags. 1875 J. Watson Comm. Sense in Verse 98:
Syne frae the wheel, an' eke the reel, The aefauld yarn was ta'en awa'.Ags. 1988 Raymond Vettese The Richt Noise 25:
and tae gie til the warl syne
that rissom o aefauld experience
nae ither hais, or can hae. And it's a sair fecht.

2. Single-minded, simple-hearted, honest, faithful.[Older Sc. c.1525 G. Douglas Prol. to En. vii. With afauld diligence.]Sc. 1820 Scott Monastery xiii.:
The good-humoured maiden . . . as Elspeth acknowledged, in the language of the time and country, took “entire and aefauld part with her” in the labours of the day.Sc. 1927 T. McWilliam Around the Fireside 29:
And worshippers within I see, Aefauld an' reverent.Sc.(E) 1879 P. H. Waddell Isaiah xxxviii. 3:
Hae min' now, O Lord, I beseik thee, how I airted my gate afore ye, in truth ay an' wi' a aefauld heart. [A.V. with a perfect heart.]Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl. 1:
Ae-fald, simple, not cunning, upright.Abd. c.1800 J. Skinner Amusements, etc. (1809) 95:
I've spoken to a frien' o' mine, An 'onest aefauld soun' divine.Abd.¹ 1930:
Auld Bob is a daecent, ae-faul chap, aye dis as he likes tae be deen be ithers.Hdg. 1796 R. Gall Poems (1819) 92:
To lend a lift to your ain country leid; That dauted leid, whilk Fame can weel attest, Suits honest Scotia's aefauld bairns the best.