"fellen" meaning in Middle English

See fellen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: From Old English fellan, Anglian variant of fiellan, from Proto-West Germanic *fallijan, from Proto-Germanic *fallijaną, causative of *fallaną. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|fellan}} Old English fellan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*fallijan}} Proto-West Germanic *fallijan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*fallijaną}} Proto-Germanic *fallijaną Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} fellen
  1. to fell (to cause to topple) Synonyms: felle, fullen
    Sense id: en-fellen-enm-verb-NwUy03PM Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} fellen
  1. Alternative form of fillen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: fillen
    Sense id: en-fellen-enm-verb-7yx4~B16 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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