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Definition of Overfell
1. overfall [v] - See also: overfall
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overfell
Literary usage of Overfell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1890)
"... rang the passing bell, hung high in the old chapelle, Then back-toppling,
crashing back—a dead weight flung out to wrack, Horse and riders overfell. ..."
2. The Heimskringla: Or, Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson (1844)
"... which flew up beside him, and in this chase a sickness overfell him, which
ended in his death; and he died on the Fielde. His body was carried north, ..."
3. Essays in Biography and Criticism by Peter Bayne (1860)
"Then back-toppling, crashing back -— a dead weight flung out to wrack, Horse and
riders overfell." Sterner realism than this description cannot be conceived ..."
4. Poems of the English Race by Raymond Macdonald Alden (1921)
"Then, back toppling, crashing back, a dead weight flung out to wrack, Horse and
riders overfell. And I read this ancient rime in the churchyard, ..."
5. The Voyage of Bran, Son of Febal, to the Land of the Living: An Old Irish Saga by Alfred Trübner Nutt (1895)
"But a thick mist overfell them, and, when it cleared, Cormac found himself alone
on a great plain. After seeing many marvels, the king came to a stately ..."
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