† brothfalln.
Obsolete.
Falling sickness, epilepsy.
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brothfallc1175
foul evila1398
the falling evila1400
falling gouta1400
land-evilc1440
falling sickness1485
epilency1495
falling-ill1561
comitial fit1562
St John's disease1574
epilepsy1578
falling disease1580
St John's evil1605
epilepse1804
sacred malady-
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 15504 & ta þatt fellenn. o broþþfall Þeȝȝ tokenn att himm hæle.
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