Fele
adj, adv, pron ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 much; many. dialectal, obsolete
"This cruel monstre, […] Infect with fell venoum;"
- 1 greatly, much, very dialectal, obsolete
"For they bring in the substance of the Beere / That they drinken feele too good chepe, not dere."
- 1 many (of). dialectal, obsolete
Example
More examples"For they bring in the substance of the Beere / That they drinken feele too good chepe, not dere."
Etymology
From Middle English fele, from Old English feola, fela (“much, many, very”), from Proto-West Germanic *felu, from Proto-Germanic *felu (“very, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *pélh₁u (“many”). Cognate with Scots fele (“many, much, great”), Dutch veel (“much, many”), German viel (“much, many”), Latin plūs (“more”), Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”). Related to full, few.
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