felle

felle

See also: Felle and fellë

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

felle

1. Inflected form of fel

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Latin

Noun

felle

1. ablative singular of fel

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Middle Dutch

Adjective

felle

1. inflection of fel:
   1. masculine nominative singular
   2. feminine/neuter nominative/accusative singular
   3. nominative/accusative plural

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fella

Noun

felle f or m (definite singular fella or fellen, indefinite plural feller, definite plural fellene)

1. a trap

Derived terms

• dødsfelle

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)

1. (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)

1. to fell a tree.
2. to kill an animal while hunting.
3. (knitting) to decrease (the number of stitches)

   felle av - to cast off

References

• “felle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²fɛlːə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fella

Noun

felle f (definite singular fella, indefinite plural feller, definite plural fellene)

1. a trap

Verb

felle (present tense feller, past tense felte, past participle felt, present participle fellande, imperative fell)

1. Alternative form of fella

Further reading

• “felle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.