# felle
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

felle
* inflection of fel:
** masculine/feminine singular attributive
** definite neuter singular attributive
** plural attributive

## Latin
### Noun

felle
* ablative singular of fel

## Middle Dutch
### Adjective

felle
* inflection of fel:
** masculine nominative singular
** feminine/neuter nominative/accusative singular
** nominative/accusative plural

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

felle
* Alternative form of felawe

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

felle
* Alternative form of fele (“good”)

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

felle
* Alternative form of fille

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

felle
* Alternative form of fellen

### Etymology 5
#### Verb

felle
* Alternative form of fillen

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse fella.

#### Noun

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

##### Derived terms

* dødsfelle

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

felle m (definite singular fellen, indefinite plural feller, definite plural fellene)
* (usually in compounds) someone with whom one has something in common; a fellow

##### Derived terms

* ektefelle
* lidelsesfelle
* reisefelle

#### Verb

felle (imperative fell, present tense feller, simple past felte, past participle felt)
* to fell a tree.
* to kill an animal while hunting.
* (knitting) to decrease (the number of stitches)
    felle av - to cast off

### References

* “felle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²fɛlːə/

### Etymology 1

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.

#### Noun

felle f (definite singular fella, indefinite plural feller, definite plural fellene)
* a trap
* a snare

##### Alternative forms

* (non-standard since 2012) fella

##### Derived terms

* bifelle
* dødsfelle
* fuglefelle
* gå i fella
* laksefelle
* legge felle for
* lokke i fella
* lydfelle
* lysfelle
* minefelle
* musefelle
* offsidefelle
* oterfelle
* revefelle
* rottefelle
* trafikkfelle
* turistfelle

#### Verb

felle (present tense feller, past tense felte, past participle felt, passive infinitive fellast, present participle fellande, imperative fell)
* to fell, bring down (make something fall, e.g. an animal, a tree, an opponent in battle)
* to shed (e.g. a person shedding tears, a tree shedding leaves)

##### Alternative forms

* fella (a-infinitive)

##### Derived terms

* botnfelle
* domfelle
* domfelling
* felle av
* felle ut
* felling
* ifelling
* innfelling
* lauvfelling
* lovfelle
* nedfelle
* skadefelle
* tannfelle
* utfelling

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

felle m (definite singular fellen, indefinite plural fellar, definite plural fellane)
* a fellow, companion
* partner
* member

##### Derived terms

* ektefelle
* embetsfelle
* fagfelle
* fagfellevurdere
* forbundsfelle
* husfelle
* jaktfelle
* kallsfelle
* kampfelle
* laugsfelle
* leikefelle
* meiningsfelle
* namnefelle
* omgangsfelle
* ordensfelle
* partifelle
* reisefelle
* religionsfelle
* studiefelle
* trusfelle
* yrkesfelle

##### Related terms

* felles
* felag n

### References

* “felle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.