Tó-feallan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Tó-feallan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: II. 14), Ayenb. 184, ii.

Definitions

1 tó-feallan

p. -feóll; pp. -feallen To fall to pieces, fall away, collapse, fall down :-- Ðá hié æt hiora theatrum wǽron, ðá hit eall tófeóll (collapsa est). Ors. 6, 3 ; Swt. 256, ll. Ðá byfode seó eorðe, and stánas burstan, and stánweallas tófeóllan, Shrn. 67, 19: Homl. Th. ii. 216, 4. Him ða lima calic tófeóllan all his limbs fell off, Shrn. 62, 3. [Scullen stanwalles biuoren him tofallen, Laym. 18867. Alls þatt temmple oferr hemm all tofelle, Orm. 16185. Þer no guod red ne ys þet uolk toualþ (populus corruet, ProO. Sax. te-fallan to fall down (of a house): O. H. Ger. ze-, zer-fallan cadere, concidere, diruere: Ger. zer-fallen.]

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚩ-ᚠᛠᛚᛚᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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