felawe

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === fela, felaȝe, felaw, fele, fellowe, felow, felowe, ffelawe, ffelow felage, felawȝe, feolahe, feolauwe (Early Middle English) felle (Essex); velaghe, velaȝe (Kent); felaghe (Northern, Northwest Midland); falow, fallow (Early Scots) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English fēolaga, from Old Norse félagi; compare fe and lawe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɛlau̯(ə)/, /ˈfɛlɔu̯(ə)/, /ˈfeː-/ IPA(key): /ˈfɛlaː/, /ˈfɛlə/ (with reduced vowel) === Noun === felawe (plural felawes) A partner or associate; one linked with others: A companion or friend (especially if close) A colleague or collaborator; one who shares a profession or goal. A fellow member of an organisation (especially of equals) A fellow criminal, citizen, coreligionist, or reveler. An equivalent or counterpart to someone or something: A peer or equal; one who is equal to another. An adversary or foe in combat. (rare) A sexual or marital partner (of a human or animal) An anima or thing belonging to a group or set. An term of address towards a man of lower social status (either friendly or insulting) (rare) A man of low societal or moral status. (rare) A mediator or intermediary. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: fellow, fella, feller Middle Scots: fallow, falou, falow, fallo, follow, fellow (Anglicised)Scots: fallae, fallow, falla, filla, fulla Yola: vellas (plural) ==== References ==== “fē̆lau(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 31 August 2019. “fellow, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “fallow, falow, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.