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of movement,
of that which has been standing,
involuntary,
to fall down, tumble down
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  • Assael hrædlíce áfeóll

    Asael protinus occumbit

    ,
      Past. 296, 16.

  • Hé mid þý horse áfeóll,

      Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 5.

  • Hé áfeóll ofdúneweard,

      Gr. D. 24, 25.

  • Þá englas þe þanon áfeóllon,

      Hml. A. 2, 34.

  • Nán mon ne bitt óðerne ðæt hé hine rǽre, gif hé self nát ðæt hé áfeallen bið. Past. 441,

      10. ¶ used figuratively :--
    Ðæt hefige mód glít niðor and niðor, oð hit mid ealle áfielð . . . hit sceal niédenga áfeallan for ðǽm slide. Past. 279, 2-5.

  • Ðætte ðá ðe gestondan ne meahton, gif hí áfeallan scolden, ðæt hí áfeóllen on ðæt hnesce bedd ðæs gesinscipes,

      397, 22.
voluntary,
to fall at a person's feet
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  • Ic for þám ege nyþer on þá eorþan áfeóll, and hé mé up áhóf,

      Nic. 10, 40: Hml. A. 183, 75.

  • Efne Aman niþer áfeallen tó þǽre cwéne fótum,

      100, 272.
of that which has been fixed,
to fall off, out, away
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  • Hym of þám andwlytan nyðer áfeóll se cancer,

      Hml. A. 183, 70.

  • Him ðá hǽr áfeóllon,

      Gr. D. 157, 8.

  • Þǽm áfeóllan þá eágan of þǽm heáfde,

      Shrn. 93, 37.

  • Se hreófla wearð nyðer áfeallen,

      Hml. A. 192, 320.
of the approach of night. Cf. night-
fall
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  • Mé áfeóll seó ǽfentíd þæs dæges,

      Gr. D. 83, 15.
metaph.
of health,
to fall sick
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  • Sé þe áfealð earfoðlíce hé ætwint, Lch. iii. 150, l. (l a) of moral failure,

    to fall

    into sin :-- Hí áfellað on hefegum scyldum,
      Past. 437, 3.
  • Hí áfeallað on micla scylda, 7.
to fall from power, &c.
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  • Áscoben áfeóll

    inpulsus versalus sum

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      Bl. Gl.
    Ðæt wé ne mægen ástígan on ðá áre ðe hé of áfeóll. Past. 361, 5.
of deterioration,
to fall off, away, to sink, decline, decay
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  • Sé áfealleþ, sé þe deófol weorþeþ, Bl. H. 31, l. Ǽlc þára áfealð þe þé (

    God

    ) flýgð,
      Shrn. 166, 24.

  • Láriówas áfeóllun,

      Cht. Crw. 19, 7.

  • Sió lár áfeallen wæs,

      Past. 7, 16.

  • Áfeallan of ðǽre weámódnesse ðe hit ǽr on áhafen wæs,

      297, 19.
of destruction,
to fall to the ground, be destroyed
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  • Ǽlc riht áfeóll,

      Chr. noo; P. 235, 24.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-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/38175.

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