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fell
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?l/
- Rhymes: -?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English fellen, from Old English fellan, fiellan (“to cause to fall, strike down, fell, cut down, throw down, defeat, destroy, kill, tumble, cause to stumble”), from Proto-Germanic *fallijan? (“to fell, to cause to fall”), causative of Proto-Germanic *fallan? (“to fall”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)p?l- (“to fall”). Cognate with Dutch vellen (“to fell, cut down”), German fällen (“to fell”), Norwegian felle (“to fell”).
Verb
fell (third-person singular simple present fells, present participle felling, simple past and past participle felled)
- (transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
- (transitive) To strike down, kill, destroy.
- 2016 January 17, "What Weiner Reveals About Huma Abedin," Vanity Fair (retrieved 21 January 2016):
- This Sunday marks the debut of Weiner, a documentary that follows former congressman Anthony Weiner in his attempt to overcome a sexting scandal and run for mayor of New York City—only to be felled, somewhat inexplicably, by another sexting scandal.
- 2016 January 17, "What Weiner Reveals About Huma Abedin," Vanity Fair (retrieved 21 January 2016):
- (sewing) To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.
- 2006, Colette Wolff, The Art of Manipulating Fabric, page 296:
- To fell seam allowances, catch the lining underneath before emerging 1/4" (6mm) ahead, and 1/8" (3mm) to 1/4" (6mm) into the seam allowance.
- 2006, Colette Wolff, The Art of Manipulating Fabric, page 296:
Translations
Noun
fell (plural fells)
- A cutting-down of timber.
- The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.
- (textiles) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English fell, fel, vel, from Old English fel, fell (“hide, skin, pelt”), from Proto-Germanic *fell? (compare West Frisian fel, Dutch vel, German Fell), from Proto-Indo-European *pél-no- (“skin, animal hide”) (compare Latin pellis (“skin”), Lithuanian pl?n? (“skin”), Russian ?????? (plená, “pelt”), Albanian plah (“to cover”), Ancient Greek ?????? (péll?s, “skin”)). Related to film and pell.
Noun
fell (plural fells)
- An animal skin, hide, pelt.
- c. 1599 Shakespeare: As You Like It: Act 3 Sc.3 L. 35
- Why, we are still handling our ewes, and their fells, you know, are greasy.
- c. 1599 Shakespeare: As You Like It: Act 3 Sc.3 L. 35
- Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense).
- c. 1390, William Langland, Piers Plowman, I:
- For he is fader of feith · fourmed ?ow alle / Bothe with fel and with face.
- c. 1390, William Langland, Piers Plowman, I:
Translations
Etymology 3
From Old Norse fell, fjall (“rock, mountain”), compare Norwegian Bokmål fjell 'mountain', from Proto-Germanic *felz?, *fel(e)zaz, *falisaz (compare German Felsen 'boulder, cliff', Middle Low German vels 'hill, mountain'), from Proto-Indo-European *pelso; compare Irish aill (“boulder, cliff”), Ancient Greek ????? (pélla, “stone”), Pashto ????? (par??a, “rock, rocky ledge”), Sanskrit ????? (p????á, “stone”). Doublet of fjeld.
Noun
fell (plural fells)
- (archaic outside Britain) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.
- 1937 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
- The dwarves of yore made mighty spells, / While hammers fell like ringing bells, / In places deep, where dark things sleep, / In hollow halls beneath the fells.
- 1971 Catherine Cookson, The Dwelling Place
- She didn't know at first why she stepped off the road and climbed the bank on to the fells; it wasn't until she found herself skirting a disused quarry that she realised where she was making for, and when she reached the place she stood and gazed at it. It was a hollow within an outcrop of rock, not large enough to call a cave but deep enough to shelter eight people from the rain, and with room to spare.
- 1937 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
- (archaic outside Britain) A wild field or upland moor.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 11 p. 174[5]:
- As over Holt and Heath, as thorough Frith and Fell;
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 11 p. 174[5]:
Derived terms
- Low Fell
Translations
Etymology 4
From Middle English fel, fell (“strong, fierce, terrible, cruel, angry”), from Old English *fel, *felo, *fæle (“cruel, savage, fierce”) (only in compounds, wælfel (“bloodthirsty”), ealfelo (“evil, baleful”), ælfæle (“very dire”), etc.), from Proto-Germanic *faluz (“wicked, cruel, terrifying”), from Proto-Indo-European *pol- (“to pour, flow, swim, fly”). Cognate with Old Frisian fal (“cruel”), Middle Dutch fel (“wrathful, cruel, bad, base”), German Low German fell (“rash, swift”), Danish fæl (“disgusting, hideous, ghastly, grim”), Middle High German v?lant (“imp”). See felon.
Adjective
fell (comparative feller, superlative fellest)
- Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, Act II scene vi[6]:
- […] While we devise fell tortures for thy faults.
- 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 2
- And many a serpent of fell kind, / With wings before, and stings behind
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, Act II scene vi[6]:
- (Britain dialectal, Scotland) Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent
- (Britain dialectal, Scotland) Very large; huge.
- (obsolete) Eager; earnest; intent.
- I am so fell to my business.
Translations
Adverb
fell (comparative more fell, superlative most fell)
- Sharply; fiercely.
Derived terms
- fellness
Etymology 5
Perhaps from Latin fel (“gall, poison, bitterness”), or more probably from the adjective above.
Noun
fell (uncountable)
- (obsolete, rare) Anger; gall; melancholy.
Etymology 6
Noun
fell
- (mining) The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.
Etymology 7
Verb
fell
- simple past tense of fall
- (now colloquial) past participle of fall
Further reading
- Fell (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Fell in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *spesla, metathesized form of *spelsa, from Proto-Indo-European *pels (“rock, boulder”), variant of *spel- (“to cleave, break”). Compare Latin hydronym Pelso, Latin Palatium, Pashto ????? (parša, “rock, rocky ledge”), Ancient Greek ????? (pélla, “stone”), German Felsen (“boulder, cliff”). Mostly dialectal, used in Gheg Albanian.
Adverb
fell
- deep, shallow
Derived terms
- fellë
Related terms
- fyell
Icelandic
Etymology
Old Norse fjall (“mountain”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?tl/
- Rhymes: -?tl
Noun
fell n (genitive singular fells, nominative plural fell)
- isolated hill, isolated mountain
Declension
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
fell
- imperative of felle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Verb
fell
- present of falle
Etymology 2
Verb
fell
- imperative of fella
Old English
Alternative forms
- fel
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *fell, whence also Old High German vel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fell/, [fe?]
Noun
fell n
- fell
- skin
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lop
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?p/
- Rhymes: -?p
Etymology 1
From Middle English loppe (“bough”); the verb is a back-formation from the noun.
Verb
lop (third-person singular simple present lops, present participle lopping, simple past and past participle lopped or lopt)
- (transitive, usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.
- 1742, Edward Young, The Complaint: or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality, Night I
- Some, for hard masters, broken under arms,
- In battle lopt away, with half their limbs,
- Beg bitter bread thro’ realms their valour sav’d,
- 1742, Edward Young, The Complaint: or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality, Night I
- To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
- To allow to hang down.
- to lop the head
Synonyms
- (to cut off): snead
Derived terms
- lopper, loppers
Translations
Noun
lop (plural lops)
- That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree.
See also
- defalcate
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “lop”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Etymology 2
From Middle English loppe (“flea, spider”), from Old English loppe (“spider, silk-worm, flea”), from Proto-Germanic *lupp? (“flea, sandflea", originally, "jumper”), from Proto-Germanic *luppijan? (“to jump, dart”). Cognate with Danish loppe (“flea”), Swedish loppa (“flea”). Compare also Middle High German lüpfen, lupfen (“to raise”, obsolete also “to rise”).
Noun
lop (plural lops)
- (Tyneside) A flea.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cleveland to this entry?)
- Hadway wi ye man, ye liftin wi lops.
References
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
- lop in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “lop”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
- A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [2]
- Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[3]
Etymology 3
Back-formation from lopsided.
Noun
lop (plural lops)
- (US, dated, slang) (usually offensive) A disabled person, a cripple.
- 1935: Rex Stout, The League of Frightened Men, p5
- "He's a lop; it mentions here about his getting up to the stand with his crippled leg but it doesn't say which one."
- 1935: Rex Stout, The League of Frightened Men, p5
- Any of several breeds of rabbits whose ears lie flat.
See also
- lob
Anagrams
- LPO, PLO, POL, Pol., pol
A-Pucikwar
Etymology
From Proto-Great Andamanese *lap
Verb
lop
- to count
References
- Juliette Blevins, Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, pg. 21 (2009)
Franco-Provençal
Etymology
Probably influenced by French loup, from Latin lupus. Doublet of naturally inherited luef.
Noun
lop m (plural lops)
- wolf
Hungarian
Etymology
Of unknown origin. First attested around 1519. Another possible citing as a proper noun in 1086 is also mentioned.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?lop]
- Rhymes: -op
Verb
lop
- (transitive) to steal, to shoplift (from someone -tól/-t?l)
Conjugation
Derived terms
(With verbal prefixes):
Descendants
References
Further reading
- lop in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch loop, from Middle Dutch lôop, from Old Dutch *l?p.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?l?p?]
- Hyphenation: lop
Noun
lop (plural lop-lop, first-person possessive lopku, second-person possessive lopmu, third-person possessive lopnya)
- barrel (of a firearm)
- Synonym: laras
Further reading
- “lop” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Middle English
Noun
lop
- Alternative form of loppe (“spider”)
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan lop, from Latin lupus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?lup]
Noun
lop m (plural lops, feminine loba, feminine plural lobas)
- wolf
Derived terms
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *loppu.
Noun
lop
- end
Volapük
Noun
lop (nominative plural lops)
- opera
Declension
Derived terms
- lopöp
- lopül
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