"fallen" meaning in Middle English

See fallen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈfalən/
Etymology: From Old English feallan, from Proto-West Germanic *fallan, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną. Weak forms are due to the conflation of this verb with fellen (“to fell”) in some dialects. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|feallan}} Old English feallan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*fallan}} Proto-West Germanic *fallan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*fallaną}} Proto-Germanic *fallaną Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} fallen, {{enm-verb|falleth|fallynge|fel|fallen}} fallen (third-person singular simple present falleth, present participle fallynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative fel, past participle fallen) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-st|fall|fel|fell|c=7|w=de}} Forms: falleth [present, singular, third-person], fallynge [participle, present], fel [first-person, indicative, past, singular, third-person], fallen [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], fallen [infinitive], to fallen [infinitive], falle [infinitive], falle [first-person, present, singular], fel [first-person, past, singular], falde [first-person, past, singular], fallest [present, second-person, singular], felle [past, second-person, singular], faldest [past, second-person, singular], falleth [present, singular, third-person], fel [past, singular, third-person], falde [past, singular, third-person], falle [present, singular, subjunctive], felle [past, singular, subjunctive], falde [past, singular, subjunctive], falle [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], fallen [plural, present], falle [plural, present], fellen [past, plural], felle [past, plural], falden [past, plural], falde [past, plural], falleth [imperative, plural, present], falle [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], fallynge [participle, present], fallende [participle, present], fallen [participle, past], falle [participle, past], fald [participle, past], yfallen [participle, past], yfalle [participle, past], fellen [alternative]
  1. to fall
    Sense id: en-fallen-enm-verb-DuIlsxVc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|altform=1}} fallen
  1. (Early Middle English, Worcestershire) alternative form of fellen Tags: Early-Middle-English, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: fellen
    Sense id: en-fallen-enm-verb-h3DKJAxq Categories (other): Early Middle English, Worcestershire Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  ],
  "word": "fallen"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (96027d6 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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