fellen
Middle Dutch
Adjective
fellen
- inflection of fel:
- masculine accusative/dative singular
- neuter dative singular
- dative plural
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English fellan, Anglian variant of fiellan, from Proto-West Germanic *fallijan, from Proto-Germanic *fallijaną, causative of *fallaną.
Verb
fellen
- 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
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfel.len/, [ˈfeɫ.ɫen]
Declension
Declension of fellen — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fellen | fellenu, felnu, felleno, felno | fellen |
| Accusative | fellenne | fellene, felne | fellen |
| Genitive | fellenes, felnes | fellenre | fellenes, felnes |
| Dative | fellenum, felnum | fellenre | fellenum, felnum |
| Instrumental | fellene, felne | fellenre | fellene, felne |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | fellene, felne | fellena, felna, fellene, felne | fellenu, felnu, felleno, felno |
| Accusative | fellene, felne | fellena, felna, fellene, felne | fellenu, felnu, felleno, felno |
| Genitive | fellenra | fellenra | fellenra |
| Dative | fellenum, felnum | fellenum, felnum | fellenum, felnum |
| Instrumental | fellenum, felnum | fellenum, felnum | fellenum, felnum |
Declension of fellen — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fellena, felna | fellene, felne | fellene, felne |
| Accusative | fellenan, felnan | fellenan, felnan | fellene, felne |
| Genitive | fellenan, felnan | fellenan, felnan | fellenan, felnan |
| Dative | fellenan, felnan | fellenan, felnan | fellenan, felnan |
| Instrumental | fellenan, felnan | fellenan, felnan | fellenan, felnan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | fellenan, felnan | fellenan, felnan | fellenan, felnan |
| Accusative | fellenan, felnan | fellenan, felnan | fellenan, felnan |
| Genitive | fellenra, fellenena, felnena | fellenra, fellenena, felnena | fellenra, fellenena, felnena |
| Dative | fellenum, felnum | fellenum, felnum | fellenum, felnum |
| Instrumental | fellenum, felnum | fellenum, felnum | fellenum, felnum |
Derived terms
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fellen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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