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

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)

1. (transitive) To cause to drop or fall:
   1. To fell or chop; to cause to topple.
      • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Knẏghtes Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 23, recto:

        The brıghte swerdes / wenten to and fro / So hıdouſlẏ / that wıth the leeſte ſtrook / It ſemed / as ıt wolde felle an ook

        The gleaming swords went back and forth / so violently that with the smallest stroke, / it seemed like it'd topple an oak.

   2. To knock or strike down with an attack.
   3. To demolish a building or structure.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To cease, end, or stop:
   1. To defeat, overcome, or overthrow.
   2. To eliminate or suppress (an emotion)
   3. To kill; to end the life of.
3. (transitive, figuratively) To debase or ruin morally.
4. (transitive, rare) To mow (a lawn)

Conjugation

Conjugation of fellen (weak in -ed/-de)

infinitive	(to) fellen, felle
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	felle	felled, felde
2nd-person singular	fellest	felledest, feldest
3rd-person singular	felleth	felled, felde
subjunctive singular	felle
imperative singular		—
plural1	fellen, felle	felleden, fellede, felden, felde
imperative plural	felleth, felle	—
participles	fellynge, fellende	felled, feld, yfelled, yfeld

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

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

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; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “fellen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.