Old English · verb
gefelan
Normalised ġefēlan
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 1
- IPA
- /jeˈfeː.lɑn/
- Syllables
- je · ˈfeː · lɑn (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- feel
Meaning
-
to feel
Ne mæġ him þonne sē flǣsċhoma, þonne him þæt feorg losað, ne swēte forswelgan, ne sār ġefēlan, ne hond onhrēran ne mid hyġe þenċan.
Then the fleshen-body cannot do anything for him, when life comes to nothing for him, nor swallow sweet, nor feel sorrow, nor move hand, nor think with wit.
10th century, The Seafarer: -
to perceive, sense
Conjugation
All forms (16)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gafōlijan. Cognate with Old Saxon gifōlian, Old High German gifuolen. Equivalent to ġe- + fēlan.
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