See fela in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Pages with 15 entries",
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"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 15 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Requests for tone in Zulu verb entries"
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}
],
"text": "Middle English: fele, fale, feel, fel, feole, vele, feala, fela, felæ, feola, veole (Early Middle English)\nEnglish: fele (obsolete, dialectal)\nMiddle Scots: fele (poetic)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*felu"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *felu",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "felo"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian felo",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "filu"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon filu",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "filu"
},
"expansion": "Old High German filu",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "fjǫl-"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse fjǫl-",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿 (filu)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "πολύς"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek πολύς (polús)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "plus"
},
"expansion": "Latin plus",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "il"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish il",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "lliaws"
},
"expansion": "Welsh lliaws",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *felu, from *pleh₁-. Cognate with Old Frisian felo, Old Saxon filu, Old High German filu, Old Norse fjǫl- in compounds, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿 (filu). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek πολύς (polús), Latin plus, Old Irish il (Welsh lliaws).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "feola",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "fiolu",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "feolu",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "feolo",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "fala",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "fela",
"name": "ang-adv"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old English poetic terms"
],
"glosses": [
"much, very"
],
"links": [
[
"much",
"much"
],
[
"very",
"very"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(poetic) much, very"
],
"tags": [
"poetic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈfe.lɑ/"
}
],
"word": "fela"
}
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