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FEL

  • noun [ neuter ]
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FEL, FELL, es; n.
A FELL, skin, hide; pellis, cŏrium, cŭtis
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  • Fel

    pellis,

    • Wrt. Voc. 65, 11: 86, 37: 283, 33.
  • Næs hyre feax ne fel fýre gemǽled

    neither her hair nor skin was marked by the fire,

    • Exon. 74 a
    • ;
    • Th. 278, 1
    • ;
    • Jul. 591.
  • Fell

    pellis,

    • Wrt. Voc. 71, 18.
  • Felles ne récceþ

    he cares not for my skin,

    • Exon. 127 a
    • ;
    • Th. 488, 12
    • ;
    • Rä. 76, 5.
  • Ðæt celf híg bæradon bútan ðære wícstówe mid felle and mid flǽsce

    vĭtrĭlum cum pelle et carnĭbus crĕmans extra castra,

    • Lev. 8, 17.
  • Hie blód and fel þégon

    they ate the blood and skin,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 46
    • ;
    • An. 23: Ors. 1, 1
    • ;
    • Bos. 20, 37.
  • Ðæs cealfes flǽsc and fell and gór ðú bærnst úte búton fyrdwícon

    carnes vĭtŭli et cŏrium et fĭmum combūres fŏris extra castra,

    • Ex. 29, 14.
  • Fell hongedon on seles wæge

    the skins hung on the wall of the room,

    • Exon. 104 a
    • ;
    • Th. 394, 15
    • ;
    • Rä. 14, 3.
  • Ðæt gafol biþ on deóra fellum

    the tribute is in skins of animals,

    • Ors. 1, 1
    • ;
    • Bos. 20, 33: Boutr. Scrd. 20, 29: Gen. 27, 16.
  • Se byrdesta sceall gyldan fíftyne mearþes fell

    the richest must pay fifteen skins of the marten,

    • Ors. 1, 1
    • ;
    • Bos. 20, 36.
  • Sió wæs orþoncum gegyrwed dracan fellum

    it was cunningly prepared with dragon's skins,

    • Beo. Th. 4183
    • ;
    • B. 2088.
Etymology
[
Wyc. Piers P. fel
:
Chauc. Orm. fell
:
O. Sax. fel, n
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Frs. O. Frs. fel, n
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Dut. vel, n
:
Ger. fell, n
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M. H. Ger. vël, n
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O. H. Ger. fel, n, n
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Goth. fill, n
:
Icel. fell, n
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Lat. pellis, f. a skin, hide
:
Grk. πέλλα, f. a hide, leather.
]
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