† of-fallv.

Forms: see of- prefix and fall v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: of- prefix, fall v.

Etymology: < of- prefix + fall v. Compare off-faller n. Compare Old Frisian offalla.In transitive use (see sense 2) perhaps after the corresponding Old English weak causative verb offiellan (Anglian *offællan) to strike down, destroy, kill (compare Middle Dutch afvellen to cause to fall, kill (by striking)).

Obsolete.

a. intransitive. To fall down. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > fall steeply or swiftly

of-fallOE

tumblec1330

stoopa1400

plumba1425

rushc1440

to ding downa1500

precipitate1608

plummet1845

nosedive1920

OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Mark xiii. 25 Stellae caeli erunt decidentes : steorras heofnes biðon offallende.

b. intransitive. Of the voice: to fail. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > be in ill health [verb (intransitive)] > be weak > become weak

of-fall?a1200

fail?c1225

wastea1300

languisha1325

defail1340

languora1375

defaulta1382

wastea1387

faintc1450

mortifyc1475

hink?a1500

traik?a1513

droopc1540

unquick1595

macerate1598

dodder1617

lachanize1623

smartle1673

break1726

go1748

sink1780

wilt1787

falter1799

weaken1886

to go down1892

to go out of curl1924

?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 23 Þisne læcecræft man sceal don þan manne, þe hura stemna offylþ, ðæt Greccas nemneþ catulemsis.

2. transitive. To destroy, kill.In quot. OE¹ with reflexive meaning: ‘killed himself’. In quot. OE²: spec. to kill by falling upon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)]

swevec725

quelmeOE

slayc893

quelleOE

of-falleOE

ofslayeOE

aquellc950

ayeteeOE

spillc950

beliveOE

to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE

fordoa1000

forfarea1000

asweveOE

drepeOE

forleseOE

martyrOE

to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE

bringc1175

off-quellc1175

quenchc1175

forswelta1225

adeadc1225

to bring of daysc1225

to do to deathc1225

to draw (a person) to deathc1225

murder?c1225

aslayc1275

forferec1275

to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275

martyrc1300

strangle1303

destroya1325

misdoa1325

killc1330

tailc1330

to take the life of (also fro)c1330

enda1340

to kill to (into, unto) death1362

brittena1375

deadc1374

to ding to deathc1380

mortifya1382

perisha1387

to dight to death1393

colea1400

fella1400

kill out (away, down, up)a1400

to slay up or downa1400

swelta1400

voida1400

deliverc1400

starvec1425

jugylc1440

morta1450

to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480

to put offc1485

to-slaya1500

to make away with1502

to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503

rida1513

to put downa1525

to hang out of the way1528

dispatch?1529

strikea1535

occidea1538

to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540

to fling to deathc1540

extinct1548

to make out of the way1551

to fet offa1556

to cut offc1565

to make away?1566

occise1575

spoil1578

senda1586

to put away1588

exanimate1593

unmortalize1593

speed1594

unlive1594

execute1597

dislive1598

extinguish1598

to lay along1599

to make hence1605

conclude1606

kill off1607

disanimate1609

feeze1609

to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611

to kill dead1615

transporta1616

spatch1616

to take off1619

mactate1623

to make meat of1632

to turn up1642

inanimate1647

pop1649

enecate1657

cadaverate1658

expedite1678

to make dog's meat of1679

to make mincemeat of1709

sluice1749

finisha1753

royna1770

still1778

do1780

deaden1807

deathifyc1810

to lay out1829

cool1833

to use up1833

puckeroo1840

to rub out1840

cadaverize1841

to put under the sod1847

suicide1852

outkill1860

to fix1875

to put under1879

corpse1884

stiffen1888

tip1891

to do away with1899

to take out1900

stretch1902

red-light1906

huff1919

to knock rotten1919

skittle1919

liquidate1924

clip1927

to set over1931

creasea1935

ice1941

lose1942

to put to sleep1942

zap1942

to take down1967

wax1968

trash1973

ace1975

eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) vi. v. 137 Æfter his fielle wearð þara casera mægð offeallen.

OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 962 Sigferð cyning hine offeoll.

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxxiv. 293 Þæt treow..fornean offeoll ða ðe hit ær forcurfon.

c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) 13996 Waweyn was of-falle.

c1400 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Tiber.) f. 241 Þat here sone was ded & al here meyney allayd & offalle [c1400 Harl. afalle].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	of-fall
释义	† of-fallv. Forms: see of- prefix and fall v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: of- prefix, fall v. Etymology: < of- prefix + fall v. Compare off-faller n. Compare Old Frisian offalla.In transitive use (see sense 2) perhaps after the corresponding Old English weak causative verb offiellan (Anglian offællan) to strike down, destroy, kill (compare Middle Dutch afvellen* to cause to fall, kill (by striking)). Obsolete. 1. a. intransitive. To fall down. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > fall steeply or swiftly of-fallOE tumblec1330 stoopa1400 plumba1425 rushc1440 to ding downa1500 precipitate1608 plummet1845 nosedive1920 OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Mark xiii. 25 Stellae caeli erunt decidentes : steorras heofnes biðon offallende. b. intransitive. Of the voice: to fail. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > be in ill health [verb (intransitive)] > be weak > become weak of-fall?a1200 fail?c1225 wastea1300 languisha1325 defail1340 languora1375 defaulta1382 wastea1387 faintc1450 mortifyc1475 hink?a1500 traik?a1513 droopc1540 unquick1595 macerate1598 dodder1617 lachanize1623 smartle1673 break1726 go1748 sink1780 wilt1787 falter1799 weaken1886 to go down1892 to go out of curl1924 ?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 23 Þisne læcecræft man sceal don þan manne, þe hura stemna offylþ, ðæt Greccas nemneþ catulemsis. 2. transitive. To destroy, kill.In quot. OE¹ with reflexive meaning: ‘killed himself’. In quot. OE²: spec. to kill by falling upon. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)] swevec725 quelmeOE slayc893 quelleOE of-falleOE ofslayeOE aquellc950 ayeteeOE spillc950 beliveOE to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE fordoa1000 forfarea1000 asweveOE drepeOE forleseOE martyrOE to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE bringc1175 off-quellc1175 quenchc1175 forswelta1225 adeadc1225 to bring of daysc1225 to do to deathc1225 to draw (a person) to deathc1225 murder?c1225 aslayc1275 forferec1275 to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275 martyrc1300 strangle1303 destroya1325 misdoa1325 killc1330 tailc1330 to take the life of (also fro)c1330 enda1340 to kill to (into, unto) death1362 brittena1375 deadc1374 to ding to deathc1380 mortifya1382 perisha1387 to dight to death1393 colea1400 fella1400 kill out (away, down, up)a1400 to slay up or downa1400 swelta1400 voida1400 deliverc1400 starvec1425 jugylc1440 morta1450 to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480 to put offc1485 to-slaya1500 to make away with1502 to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503 rida1513 to put downa1525 to hang out of the way1528 dispatch?1529 strikea1535 occidea1538 to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540 to fling to deathc1540 extinct1548 to make out of the way1551 to fet offa1556 to cut offc1565 to make away?1566 occise1575 spoil1578 senda1586 to put away1588 exanimate1593 unmortalize1593 speed1594 unlive1594 execute1597 dislive1598 extinguish1598 to lay along1599 to make hence1605 conclude1606 kill off1607 disanimate1609 feeze1609 to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611 to kill dead1615 transporta1616 spatch1616 to take off1619 mactate1623 to make meat of1632 to turn up1642 inanimate1647 pop1649 enecate1657 cadaverate1658 expedite1678 to make dog's meat of1679 to make mincemeat of1709 sluice1749 finisha1753 royna1770 still1778 do1780 deaden1807 deathifyc1810 to lay out1829 cool1833 to use up1833 puckeroo1840 to rub out1840 cadaverize1841 to put under the sod1847 suicide1852 outkill1860 to fix1875 to put under1879 corpse1884 stiffen1888 tip1891 to do away with1899 to take out1900 stretch1902 red-light1906 huff1919 to knock rotten1919 skittle1919 liquidate1924 clip1927 to set over1931 creasea1935 ice1941 lose1942 to put to sleep1942 zap1942 hit1955 to take down1967 wax1968 trash1973 ace1975 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) vi. v. 137 Æfter his fielle wearð þara casera mægð offeallen. OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 962 Sigferð cyning hine offeoll. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxxiv. 293 Þæt treow..fornean offeoll ða ðe hit ær forcurfon. c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) 13996 Waweyn was of-falle. c1400 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Tiber.) f. 241 Þat here sone was ded & al here meyney allayd & offalle [c1400 Harl. afalle]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.eOE
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