fellen
Middle Dutch
editAdjective
editfellen
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old English fellan, Anglian variant of fiellan, from Proto-West Germanic *fallijan, from Proto-Germanic *fallijaną, causative of *fallaną.
Alternative forms
editVerb
editfellen
- to fell (to cause to topple)
- 14th Century, Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tale
- The brighte swerdes wenten to and fro
So hidously þat with þe leste strook
That it semeþ þat it wolde felle an ook
- The brighte swerdes wenten to and fro
- 14th Century, Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tale
Etymology 2
editVerb
editfellen
- Alternative form of fillen
Norwegian Bokmål
editAlternative forms
editNoun
editfellen m or f
Old English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editfellen
- made of skin
Declension
editDeclension of fellen — Strong
Declension of fellen — Weak
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fellen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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