See fellen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"source": "conjugation",
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"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "felleth",
"source": "conjugation",
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"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "felled",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "felde",
"source": "conjugation",
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"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "felle",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular",
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]
},
{
"form": "felled",
"source": "conjugation",
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"singular",
"subjunctive"
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},
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"form": "felde",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular",
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]
},
{
"form": "felle",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fellen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "felle",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "felleden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fellede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "felden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "felde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "felleth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "felle",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fellynge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "fellende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "felled",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "feld",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yfelled",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yfeld",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "felle",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "fallen",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "fællen",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "feollen",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "vallen",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "fell",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern"
]
},
{
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"alternative"
]
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"form": "vellen",
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"alternative"
]
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"bold_text_offsets": [
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109,
114
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108,
114
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"english": "The gleaming swords went back and forth / so violently that with the smallest stroke, / it seemed like it'd topple an oak.",
"ref": "1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Knẏghtes Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 23, recto:",
"text": "The brıghte swerdes / wenten to and fro / So hıdouſlẏ / that wıth the leeſte ſtrook / It ſemed / as ıt wolde felle an ook",
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"(transitive) To cause to drop or fall:",
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},
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"To cause to drop or fall:",
"To knock or strike down with an attack."
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"(transitive) To cause to drop or fall:",
"To knock or strike down with an attack."
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"glosses": [
"To cause to drop or fall:",
"To demolish a building or structure."
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"drop",
"drop"
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[
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[
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"building"
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[
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"(transitive) To cause to drop or fall:",
"To demolish a building or structure."
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"tags": [
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{
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"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To cease, end, or stop:",
"To defeat, overcome, or overthrow."
],
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"cease",
"cease"
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[
"end",
"end"
],
[
"stop",
"stop"
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[
"defeat",
"defeat"
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[
"overcome",
"overcome"
],
[
"overthrow",
"overthrow"
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"To defeat, overcome, or overthrow."
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"figuratively",
"transitive"
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"Middle English transitive verbs"
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"To cease, end, or stop:",
"To eliminate or suppress (an emotion)"
],
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"cease",
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[
"end",
"end"
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[
"stop",
"stop"
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[
"eliminate",
"eliminate"
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[
"suppress",
"suppress"
],
[
"emotion",
"emotion#English"
]
],
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"(transitive, figuratively) To cease, end, or stop:",
"To eliminate or suppress (an emotion)"
],
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"figuratively",
"transitive"
]
},
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"categories": [
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To cease, end, or stop:",
"To kill; to end the life of."
],
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[
"cease",
"cease"
],
[
"end",
"end"
],
[
"stop",
"stop"
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[
"kill",
"kill"
],
[
"life",
"life"
]
],
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"(transitive, figuratively) To cease, end, or stop:",
"To kill; to end the life of."
],
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"figuratively",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To debase or ruin morally."
],
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[
"debase",
"debase"
],
[
"ruin",
"ruin"
],
[
"morally",
"morally"
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"(transitive, figuratively) To debase or ruin morally."
],
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"figuratively",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses",
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To mow (a lawn)"
],
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[
"mow",
"mow"
],
[
"lawn",
"lawn#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, rare) To mow (a lawn)"
],
"tags": [
"rare",
"transitive"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈfɛlən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈvylən/",
"tags": [
"Southern"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈvalən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈvɛlən/",
"note": "Southwest Midland"
}
],
"word": "fellen"
}
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"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Death",
"enm:Emotions",
"enm:Violence"
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"etymology_number": 2,
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"name": "head"
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"lang_code": "enm",
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{
"word": "fillen"
}
],
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"alternative form of fillen"
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"fillen",
"fillen#Middle_English"
]
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]
}
],
"word": "fellen"
}
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