feallan

• fallan — Mercian
• falla — Northumbrian

From Proto-West Germanic *fallan. Cognate with Old Frisian falla, Old Saxon fallan, Old Dutch fallan, Old High German fallan, Old Norse falla.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæ͜ɑl.lɑn/, [ˈfæ͜ɑɫ.ɫɑn]

feallan

1. 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,...

   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Þæt sǣd þe bufon ðām stǣniġum lande fēol sprytte hwæthwega, ac ðāðā sēo hǣte cōm, ðā forsċranc hit, forðan ðe hit næfde nǣnne wǣtan.

     The seed that fell upon the stony ground sprouted somewhat, but when the heat came, it withered, for it never had any moisture.

• Middle English: fallen, fellen
  • English: fall
  • Yola: vall, vale, vole