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feallan

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§64; §65; §176; §233; §258; §259; §276; §295; §303; §475; §476; §484; §516;
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of a body that can move freely
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  • Sum sceal on holte of heán beáme fiðerleás feallan, . . . hé fealleð on foldan,

    • Vy. 21-26
    • .
  • Se feónd mid his geférum feóllon of heofonum on helle,

    • Gen. 306
    • .
  • Teáras feóllon,

    • El. 1134
    • .
  • Feall nú ádún

    (mitte te deorsum,

    • Mt. 4, 6
    • ),
    • Hml. Th. i. 166, 8
    • .
  • Hié cweþaþ tó þǽm dúnum: "Feallaþ ofor us, "

    • Bl. H. 93, 33.
  • Nis þǽre eorþan ére tó feallanne ofdúne ðonne úp,

    • Bt. 33, 4
    • ;
    • F. 130, 38
    • .
  • Se feallenda deófol,

    • Hml, Th. i. 214, 23
    • .
fig. of immaterial things:
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  • fealleð on fyrhtu deáðes,

    • Ps. Th. 54, 4
    • .
    • Dóm. 72
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  • Feól him ege on,

    • Bl. H. 193, 5
    • .
of that which becomes detached and drops
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  • Þone cancor þǽra tóða, of ðám for oft ðá téþ feallað,

    • Lch. i. 294, 22
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  • Feól tó foldan swurd, ne mihte hé gehealdan méce,

    • By. 166
    • .
  • Þá locu feóllon.

    • Hö. 39.
  • Wiþ ꝥ ðæt mannes feax fealle,

    • Lch. i. 110, 15
    • .
of the direction of a stream,
to run
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  • Fylð swýðe mycel sǽ úp in on ðæt lond,

    • Ors. 1, 1
    • ;
    • S. 19, 18
    • .
where an erect position is lost
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  • Ðá feól hé fǽringa onbæcling,

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    • . H. 223, 11
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  • Hié feóllan tó eorþan, and grápodan mid heora handum on þá eorþan,

    • 151, 5.
fig.
to be overcome:--
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  • Ic wæs hearde cnyssed, and ic ne feóll,

    • Ps. Th. 117, 13.
to prostrate oneself in reverence:--
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  • Gif þú feallest tó mé and mé weorþast

    (si cadens adoraveris me,

    • Mt. 4, 9
    • ),
    • Bl. H. 27, 18
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  • Englas geþafedon þæt mennisce men him tó feóllon,

    • Hml. Th. i. 38, 28
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  • feóllon on foldan and tó fótam hnigon,

    • Sat. 533.
  • Hé clypode: " Uton feallan tó ðǽre róde, and þone Ælmihtigan biddan . . . " Hí feóllon þá ealle mid Óswolde on gebedum,

    • Hml. S. 26. 19-24
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  • Hié on gebed feóllon,

    • Gen. 847
    • .
  • Tó gebede feóllon,

    • 777.
to drop wounded or dead:--
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  • Mycel wæll feóll on ǽgðre healfe,

    • Chr. 1016
    • ;
    • P. 150, 2
    • :
    • By. 303
    • .
  • Hé blóde fáh feóll on foldan; næs hé fǽge þá gyt,

    • B. 2975
    • .
  • Feóllon wergend bennum seóce,

    • Gen. 1971
    • :
    • Hml. S. 26, 154
    • .
to stumble, fall into a pit, snare:--
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  • Gif ðæt swín filð on ðæt sol,

    • Past. 421, 2
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  • Feallað firenfulle on heora fengnettum,

    • Ps. Th. 140, 2
    • .
to fail, fall away, decay, crumble away.
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v. feallend-lic
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  • Þes middangeard daga gehwylce fealleþ and tó ende efsteþ,

    • Bl. H. 59, 26
    • :
    • Wand. 63
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  • Foldwela fealleð, eorðmægen ealdað,

    • Reim. 68
    • .
  • Eáðre is ꝥ heofen and eorðe gewíton þonne án stæf of þǽre ǽ fealle,

    • Lk. 16, 17
    • .
  • Feal[l]endne

    nutabundum, i. corruendum,

    • An. Ox. 2778.
  • Þes middangeard flýhð from ús, and wé him fleóndum fylgeaþ, and hine feallendne lufiaþ,

    • Bl. H. 115, 18
    • .
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v. for-, forþ-, ofer-feallan.
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