An archaic or dialectal form meaning to fall or to descend, primarily found in old English texts.
From Old English 'fallan,' the ancestor of the modern word 'fall.' This form represents an earlier stage of English pronunciation and spelling.
Words like 'foll' are linguistic time capsules—seeing how 'fall' was pronounced and spelled in Middle English helps us understand that the 'a' sound has shifted over 500+ years, showing how language is constantly evolving.
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