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of-feallan

  • verb [ strong ]
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to fall upon, kill by falling, destroy
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  • Hit hreás underbæc and forneán offeóll ða ðe hit ǽr forcurfan

    the tree fell backwards, and by its fall very nearly killed those who before were cutting it down,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 510, 2
      • .

  • Sigferþ cyning hine offeóll and his líc ligþ æt Wimburnan

    King Sigferth laid violent hands on himself, and his body lies buried at Wimborne,

    • Chr. 962
      • ;
    • Erl. 120, 4
      • .

  • Hé geslóg xxv dracena and hine ðá [of] deáþ offeóll

    he slew 25 dragons and then death fell upon him,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 430
      • ;
    • Sal. 216
      • .

  • Seó módinys wyle offeallan ða eádmódnysse

    superbia inruere vult super humilitatem,

    • Prud. 32 b
      • .

  • Æfter his fielle wearþ ðara cásera mǽgþ offeallen

    caesarum familia consumta est,

    • Ors. 6
      • ;
    • 6
      • ;
    • Swt. 262, 6
      • .
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v. of-fillan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “of-feallan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/24296.

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