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Old English · verb

afiellan

Normalised āfiellan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ɑːˈfi͜yl.lɑn/
[ɑːˈfi͜yɫ.ɫɑn]
Syllables
ɑː · ˈfi͜yl · lɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
abolishoverturnsubvertsuppressfellslay

Meaning

  1. to fell

  2. to strike, beat down

  3. to overturn

  4. to subvert, suppress

    Writeð Eutropius þæt Constantinus sē cāsere wǣre on Breotone ācenned, ⁊ æfter his fæder tō rīce feng. Þǣs cyninges tīdum sē Arrianisċa ġedwola wæs upcumen; ⁊ þæt dēadbærende āttor his ġetrēowlēasnysse, nālæs þæt on eallum middanġeardes cyriċum þæt hē streġde, ac hit ēac swylċe on þis ēalond becōm. Sē ġedweola was on þām Nyceanisċan sin

    Eutropius writes that the emperor Constantine was born in Britain, and became king after his father. During his time, the Arian heresy was stirred up, and he spread the deadly poison of his infidelity not only to all the churches of the earth, but it also to this island. The heresy was condemned at the Council of Nicaea and was suppressed in Constantine's day.

    late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
  5. to abolish, slay

Conjugation

Conjugation of afiellan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular āfielleāfielde
2nd singular āfiellestāfielstāfieldest
3rd singular āfielleþāfielþāfielde
Plural āfiellaþāfieldon
Subjunctive
Singular āfielleāfielde
Plural āfiellenāfielden
Non-finite forms of afiellan
Form
Infinitive āfiellan
Inflected infinitive āfiellenne
Imperative singular āfiell
Imperative plural āfiellaþ
Present participle āfiellende
Past participle āfielled

All forms (16)

Etymology

Equivalent to ā- + fiellan (“to fell”)

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