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Old English · verb

feallan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class VII
IPA
/ˈfæ͜ɑl.lɑn/
[ˈfæ͜ɑɫ.ɫɑn]
Syllables
ˈfæ͜ɑl · lɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
fall

Meaning

  1. to fall

    Hwæt ða nicostratus wearð swiðe afyrht þa ða he þæt wundor ge-seah on his wife gedon and feol adune sona to sebastianes fotum...

    Then Nicostratus was greatly afraid, when he saw the miracle wrought on his wife, and straightway fell down at Sebastian's feet,...

    late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr"

Conjugation

Conjugation of feallan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular feallefēoll
2nd singular fielstfēolle
3rd singular fielþfēoll
Plural feallaþfēollon
Subjunctive
Singular feallefēolle
Plural feallenfēollen
Non-finite forms of feallan
Form
Infinitive feallan
Inflected infinitive feallenne
Imperative singular feall
Imperative plural feallaþ
Present participle feallende
Past participle feallenġefeallen

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fallan. Cognate with Old Frisian falla, Old Saxon fallan, Old Dutch fallan, Old High German fallan, Old Norse falla.

Descendants

fall

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