felle
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Adjective
felle
- inflection of fel:
Noun
felle
Adjective
felle
- inflection of fel:
Etymology 1
Noun
felle
- Alternative form of felawe
Etymology 2
Adjective
felle
- Alternative form of fele (“good”)
Etymology 3
Noun
felle
- Alternative form of fille
Etymology 4
Verb
felle
- Alternative form of fellen
Etymology 5
Verb
felle
- Alternative form of fillen
Etymology 1
Noun
felle f or m (definite singular fella or fellen, indefinite plural feller, definite plural fellene)
- a trap
Derived terms
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)
- (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)
References
- “felle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Pronunciation
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)
Alternative forms
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)
- to fell, bring down (make something fall, e.g. an animal, a tree, an opponent in battle)
- 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)
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
References
- “felle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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