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be-feallan

  • verb [ strong ]
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be-feallan, ic -fealle, ðú -feallest, -fylst, he -fealleþ, -fylþ, pl. -feallaþ ; p. -feól, -feóll, pl. -feóllon; pp. -feallen.
to fall; cadere, incidere
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  • Án of ðám ne befylþ on eorþan

    unus ex illis non cadet super terram,

    • Mt. Bos. 10, 29
    • .
  • Hie oft befeallaþ on micel yfel

    they often fall into great evil,

    • Past. 40, 3 ; Hat. MS. 53 b, 8
    • :
    • Cd. 18; Th. 21, 26
    • ;
    • Gen. 330
    • :
    • Lk. Bos. 10, 36
    • :
    • Gen. 16, 12
    • .
to fall off; cadere ab aliquo; pp. befeallen deprived, bereft; orbatus, privatus
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  • Freóndum befeallen

    bereft of friends,

    • Beo. Th. 2256
    • ;
    • B. 1126 : 4504
    • ;
    • B. 2256
    • .
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feallan
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