feallan – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of feallan

Infinitive

feallan
feallenne

Participles

Presentfeallende
Past(ġe)feallen

Indicative

Present

1st sing.fealle
2nd sing.fielst
3rd sing.fielþ
1st plur.feallaþ
2nd plur.feallaþ
3rd plur.feallaþ

Past

1st sing.fēoll
2nd sing.fēolle
3rd sing.fēoll
1st plur.fēollon
2nd plur.fēollon
3rd plur.fēollon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.fealle
2nd sing.fealle
3rd sing.fealle
1st plur.feallen
2nd plur.feallen
3rd plur.feallen

Past

1st sing.fēolle
2nd sing.fēolle
3rd sing.fēolle
1st plur.fēollen
2nd plur.fēollen
3rd plur.fēollen

Imperative

Singularfeall
Pluralfeallaþ

Verbs conjugated like 'feallan'

feallan,

Verbs similar to 'feallan'

fealdan, fellan, weallan, befeallan, bellan, ceallian, fealwian, felan, feolan, fiellan,

Etymology

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

Verbs referencing "feallan"

English fall, Middle English fallen, Scots faw.

Sample Sentences

  • 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.)

Cognates

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