fellen

See also: Fellen and fëllen

Middle Dutch

Adjective

fellen

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

Alternative forms

• felle, fullen

Verb

fellen

1. to fell (to cause to topple)
   • 14^th 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

Verb

fellen

1. Alternative form of fillen

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fella

Noun

fellen m or f

1. definite masculine singular of felle

Old English

Etymology

From fell +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfel.len/, [ˈfeɫ.ɫen]

Adjective

fellen

1. made of skin

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

• dēorfellen

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fellen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.