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("Agamemnon", "Hom. Od. 9.1", "denarius")

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fall n

1. fall; f er fararheill a fall bodes a lucky journy; koma em til falls, to cause one to fall; föll berast á en, one begins to reel or stagger;
2. fall, death in battle (í flótta er í veist) ;
3. carcase of a slaughtered animal (cf 'nautsfall' 'sauðarfall') ;
4. frequent deaths from plague (ef mýss gørðu mein á mat eða klæðum, þá kom f, í þær)
5. heavy sea (reis f mikit alit frá grunni) ;
6. sin, transgression;
7. downfall, ruin, decay ; f engla, the fall of angels; gózin eru at falli komin, the estates are dilapidated;
8. quantity (of a vowel or syliable)
9. grammatical, case

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