felle

See also: Felle and fellë

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

felle

1. inflection of fel:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Latin

Noun

felle

1. ablative singular of fel

Middle Dutch

Adjective

felle

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

felle

1. Alternative form of felawe

Etymology 2

Adjective

felle

1. Alternative form of fele (“good”)

Etymology 3

Noun

felle

1. Alternative form of fille

Etymology 4

Verb

felle

1. Alternative form of fellen

Etymology 5

Verb

felle

1. Alternative form of fillen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fella.

Noun

felle f or m (definite singular fella or fellen, indefinite plural feller, definite plural fellene)

1. a trap

Derived terms

• dødsfelle

Etymology 2

From Old Norse félagi (“one with whom one has joined one's property”).

Noun

felle m (definite singular fellen, indefinite plural feller, definite plural fellene)

1. (usually in compounds) someone with whom one has something in common; a fellow

Derived terms

• ektefelle
• lidelsesfelle
• reisefelle

Verb

felle (imperative fell, present tense feller, simple past felte, past participle felt)

1. to fell a tree.
2. to kill an animal while hunting.
3. (knitting) to decrease (the number of stitches)

   felle av - to cast off

References

• “felle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²fɛlːə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fella. The verb is form earlier Proto-Germanic *fallijaną and may be considered a causative of falle. The same dynamic can be seen in English between fell and fall.

Noun

felle f (definite singular fella, indefinite plural feller, definite plural fellene)

1. a trap
2. a snare

Alternative forms

• (non-standard since 2012) fella

Derived terms

• bifelle
• dødsfelle
• fuglefelle
• gå i fella
• laksefelle
• legge felle for
• lokke i fella
• lydfelle
• lysfelle
• minefelle
• musefelle
• offsidefelle
• oterfelle
• revefelle
• rottefelle
• trafikkfelle
• turistfelle

 

Verb

felle (present tense feller, past tense felte, past participle felt, passive infinitive fellast, present participle fellande, imperative fell)

1. to fell, bring down (make something fall, e.g. an animal, a tree, an opponent in battle)
2. to shed (e.g. a person shedding tears, a tree shedding leaves)

Alternative forms

• fella (a-infinitive)

Derived terms

• botnfelle
• domfelle
• domfelling
• felle av
• felle ut
• felling
• ifelling
• innfelling
• lauvfelling
• lovfelle
• nedfelle
• skadefelle
• tannfelle
• utfelling

 

Etymology 2

From Old Norse félagi. Doublet of felage. Akin to English fellow.

Noun

felle m (definite singular fellen, indefinite plural fellar, definite plural fellane)

1. a fellow, companion
2. partner
3. member

Derived terms

• ektefelle
• embetsfelle
• fagfelle
• fagfellevurdere
• forbundsfelle
• husfelle
• jaktfelle
• kallsfelle
• kampfelle
• laugsfelle
• leikefelle
• meiningsfelle
• namnefelle
• omgangsfelle
• ordensfelle
• partifelle
• reisefelle
• religionsfelle
• studiefelle
• trusfelle
• yrkesfelle

 

Related terms

• felles
• felag n

References

• “felle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.