onfall

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English onfal, onfalle, equivalent to on- +‎ fall. Cognate with Dutch aanval (“an attack, assault”), German Anfall (“an attack, seizure, fit”), Swedish anfall (“an attack, offensive, assault”). Compare also Middle English onfallynge (“an onslaught, attack”). === Noun === onfall (plural onfalls) A falling on or upon; an attack, onset, or assault. A fall of rain or snow. The fall of the evening. === Verb === onfall (third-person singular simple present onfalls, present participle onfalling, simple past onfell, past participle onfallen) (transitive) To fall on or upon. (transitive) To assault, attack. === Anagrams === Fallon, fall on, lolfan