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æt-feallan

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lit.
to fall, drop from
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  • Þám cwellere ætfeóll his gold,

      Hml. S. 12, 216.
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to fall away,
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  • Ætfealle sió bót þǽm godfæder swá ilce swá ꝥ wíte þám hláforde déð. Ll. Th. i. 150, 18.
deterioration
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  • Ꝥ geleáfa swá earmlíce ætfeallan sceolde,

      Hml. S. 23, 373.
desertion
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  • Se lǽweda mót óðre síðe wífigan, gyf his wíf him ætfylð,

      Ll. Th. ii. 346, 22.
  • His frýnd him ætfeallað. Hml. S. 12, 85 : Wlfst. 142, 6.
to befall, come upon
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  • Hé bið ácólod and for þon ælfilð him wæterbolla,

      Lch. ii. 206, ll. Cf. oþ-fellan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “æt-feallan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/38024.

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