fellen

== Middle Dutch == === Adjective === fellen inflection of fel: masculine accusative/dative singular neuter dative singular dative plural == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Anglian Old English fellan, Mercian Old English fællan and West Saxon Old English fiellan, from Proto-West Germanic *fallijan, from Proto-Germanic *fallijaną, causative of *fallaną (see fallen). ==== Alternative forms ==== felle fallen, fællen, feollen, vallen (Early Middle English, Worcestershire) fell (Northern); falle, vellen (West Midland) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfɛlən/ IPA(key): /ˈvylən/ (Southern) IPA(key): /ˈvalən/, /ˈvɛlən/ (Southwest Midland) ==== Verb ==== fellen (third-person singular simple present felleth, present participle fellynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle felled) (transitive) To cause to drop or fall: To fell or chop; to cause to topple. To knock or strike down with an attack. To demolish a building or structure. (transitive, figuratively) To cease, end, or stop: To defeat, overcome, or overthrow. To eliminate or suppress (an emotion) To kill; to end the life of. (transitive, figuratively) To debase or ruin morally. (transitive, rare) To mow (a lawn) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== fellere ===== Descendants ===== English: fell Middle Scots: fell Scots: fell ===== References ===== “fellen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “fell, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== fellen alternative form of fillen == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === fella === Noun === fellen m or f definite masculine singular of felle == Old English == === Etymology === From fell +‎ -en. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfel.len/, [ˈfeɫ.ɫen] === Adjective === fellen made of skin ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== dēorfellen === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “fellen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.