felle

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felle

1. inflection of fel:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

felle

1. ablative singular of fel

felle

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

felle

1. alternative form of felawe

felle

1. alternative form of fele (“good”)

felle

1. alternative form of fille

felle

1. alternative form of fellen

felle

1. alternative form of fillen

From Old Norse fella.

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

1. a trap

• dødsfelle

From Old Norse félagi (“one with whom one has joined one's property”).

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

• ektefelle
• lidelsesfelle
• reisefelle

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

• “felle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /²fɛlːə/

From Old Norse fella. The verb is form earlier Proto-Germanic *fallijaną and may be considered a causative of falle. The same dynamic can be seen in English between fell and fall.

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

1. a trap
2. a snare

• (non-standard since 2012) fella

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

1. to fell, bring down (make something fall, e.g. an animal, a tree, an opponent in battle)
2. to shed (e.g. a person shedding tears, a tree shedding leaves)

• fella (a-infinitive)

From Old Norse félagi. Doublet of felage. Akin to English fellow.

felle m (definite singular fellen, indefinite plural fellar, definite plural fellane)

1. a fellow, companion
2. partner
3. member

• felles
• felag n

• “felle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.