fallum

1 fallum v. falla

2 fallum [AN, OF falle, faille] , (w. sine or absque) without fail (AN sanz faille). 1399 si contigeret ipsum archiepiscopum regnum exire citra Pascha prox’ extunc sequens sine ~o rediret in Angliam RParl III 422a; 1432 debitum michi absque ~o in festo Pentecostes ‥ promisit soluturum Cant. Coll. Ox. III 88; s1454 reportarunt secum responsum, quomodo duo nedum proposita ‥ vellet frater dictus absque ~o perficere Reg. Whet. I 139; spiritus ille bonus, sine fallo spiritus almus (Vers.) Ib. 175.