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▪ I. † aˈfalle, v.1 Obs.
Forms as in fall. pa. tense afell. pa. pple. afallen.
[f. a- prefix 1 intensive + fall. Cf. a-rise.]
1. intr. To fall down; to fall (in battle); to fall (upon) as a destroyer.
c1000Ags. Gosp. Luke vi. 49 Hrædlice hit afeoll & wearð mycel hryre þæs huses. c1160Hatton Gosp. ibid., Rædlice hit afeol & warð mycel ryre þas huses. 1205Layamon 15949 Þi wal is afallen. 1250Ibid. 16929 Arere chirches þat beoþ a-valle. c1230Ancren Riwle 246 A muchel tentaciun..aualleð mid a softe rein of a lut teares. c1380Sir Ferumb. 1519 Charlis þe kyng of fraunce..is oppon my lond afalle. c1420Pallad. on Husb. ix. 172 And if it sholde affalle into the dale.
2. fig. To fall in amount, price, estimation, rank, moral state.
a1121O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1100 On his dagan ælc riht afeoll · and ælc unriht..up arás. 1205Layamon 31967 Þa afeol þat feoh here, fif and sixti ȝere. a1250Owl & Night. 1683 Ower prude schal avalle.
▪ II. † aˈfalle, v.2 Obs.
Forms: inf. 3 afall-e(n, avalle(n. pa. tense 3 avalde. pa. pple. 3 afalled, -et, avalled.
[a variant of the causal afellen, confused with the intr. afallen (see prec.), and perh. with avalen OFr. avaler.]
trans. To fell, strike down, cut down, lay low.
1205Layamon 26096 Whi þu mine maȝe a-ualled hafuest mid morðe [later text a-falled]. c1230Ancren Riwle 122 Þet a windes puf of a word mei auellen [v.r. afallen]. 1250Layamon 2069 Hire names..beoð swiðe a-valled [earlier t. afelled]. |