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See also: Fellen and fëllen

Middle Dutch

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Adjective

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fellen

  1. inflection of fel:
    1. masculine accusative/dative singular
    2. neuter dative singular
    3. dative plural

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English fellan, Anglian variant of fiellan, from Proto-West Germanic *fallijan, from Proto-Germanic *fallijaną, causative of *fallaną.

Alternative forms

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Verb

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fellen

  1. 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

Etymology 2

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Verb

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fellen

  1. Alternative form of fillen

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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fellen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of felle

Old English

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Etymology

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From fell +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfel.len/, [ˈfeɫ.ɫen]

Adjective

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fellen

  1. made of skin

Declension

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