v. Obs. Also 3 etf-. [OE. ætfeallan, f. AT- pref.2 + feallan to FALL; cogn. w. OS. antfallan, OHG. intfallan, G. entfallen, Du. ontvallen. Cf. OE. oðfeallan.] intr. To fall away; to fall down, drop (with dat. = from).
a. 1000. Ord. Dunsetas, § 5 (Bosw.). Healf wér ðǽr ætfealþ.
c. 1205. Lay., 4237. Here tir wes at-fallen.
a. 1230. Ancr. R., 342. Auh me is … moni crume etfallen.
c. 1250. Serm., in O. E. Misc., 187. To deþe he ȝef him for us alle, Þo we weren so stronge at-falle.
