feallan
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *fallan. Cognate with Old Frisian falla, Old Saxon fallan, Old Dutch fallan, Old High German fallan, Old Norse falla.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
feallan
- to fall
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr"
- 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 edit
Conjugation of feallan (strong class 7)
infinitive | feallan | feallenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | fealle | fēoll |
second person singular | fielst | fēolle |
third person singular | fielþ | fēoll |
plural | feallaþ | fēollon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | fealle | fēolle |
plural | feallen | fēollen |
imperative | ||
singular | feall | |
plural | feallaþ | |
participle | present | past |
feallende | (ġe)feallen |