Obs. [OE. tofeallan, f. TO-2 + feallan to FALL; = OS. te-fallan, OHG. zi-, zarfallan.] intr. To fall asunder or to pieces; to fall down, collapse; also, to fall to decay.

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c. 893.  K. Ælfred, Oros., VI. ii. § 2. Þa hie æt hiora theatrum wæron…, þa hit call tofeoll, & heora ofsloʓ xx M.

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1056–66.  Inscr. Kirkdale Ch. Yorks. Hit wes æl tobrocan & tofalan.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 18867. Scullen stan walles Biuoren him to-fallen.

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a. 1300.  Signa ante Judicium, 139, in E. E. P. (1862), 11. As heuen and erþe sold to-fal.

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c. 1380.  Sir Ferumb., 5011. Þe walle þat was so broken & to-falle.

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1398.  Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XVI. lxxiv. (Bodl. MS.). Ȝif it [a stone] is not fattye it wolle alle to fall bi maistrye of druynes.

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