Old English · noun
fell
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /fell/[feɫ]
- Syllables
- fell (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- fellskin
Meaning
-
fell, skin
Nū wile monna sum mīn flǣsċ fretan, felles ne reċċeð, siþþan hē mē of sīdan seaxes orde hȳd ārȳpeð, …ec hr…þe siþþan iteð unsodene ea…
Now one of men wishes to eat my flesh, doesn't care for skin, since he tears hide from me by a point of sword's sides, since he eats uncooked…
c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 77:
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *fell, whence also Old High German vel.
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