sixfeald

Old English

Old English numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: six     Ordinal: sixta     Age: sixwintre     Multiplier: sixfeald

Alternative forms

• siexfeald

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sehsfald, from Proto-Germanic *sehsfalþaz, equivalent to six +‎ -feald. Cognate with Middle Low German sesvōlt, sesvōldich, Middle High German sehsfalt, sehsvalt, Old Norse sexfaldr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiksˌfæ͜ɑld/, [ˈsiksˌfæ͜ɑɫd]

Adjective

sixfeald

1. sixfold

Declension

Declension of sixfeald — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sixfeald	sixfeald	sixfeald
Accusative	sixfealdne	sixfealde	sixfeald
Genitive	sixfealdes	sixfealdre	sixfealdes
Dative	sixfealdum	sixfealdre	sixfealdum
Instrumental	sixfealde	sixfealdre	sixfealde
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sixfealde	sixfealda, sixfealde	sixfeald
Accusative	sixfealde	sixfealda, sixfealde	sixfeald
Genitive	sixfealdra	sixfealdra	sixfealdra
Dative	sixfealdum	sixfealdum	sixfealdum
Instrumental	sixfealdum	sixfealdum	sixfealdum

Declension of sixfeald — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sixfealda	sixfealde	sixfealde
Accusative	sixfealdan	sixfealdan	sixfealde
Genitive	sixfealdan	sixfealdan	sixfealdan
Dative	sixfealdan	sixfealdan	sixfealdan
Instrumental	sixfealdan	sixfealdan	sixfealdan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sixfealdan	sixfealdan	sixfealdan
Accusative	sixfealdan	sixfealdan	sixfealdan
Genitive	sixfealdra, sixfealdena	sixfealdra, sixfealdena	sixfealdra, sixfealdena
Dative	sixfealdum	sixfealdum	sixfealdum
Instrumental	sixfealdum	sixfealdum	sixfealdum

Descendants

• Middle English: sexefold, syxfold
  • English: sixfold

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “sixfeald”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.