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English
Etymology 1
From Middle English fely, felow, felowe, felwe, felȝe, from Old English felġe, dative of felg, from Proto-Germanic *felgō (compare Saterland Frisian feelge, Dutch velg, German Felge), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥ǵʰ- (compare Polish płoza (“sliding iron”), Old Church Slavonic пльзати (plĭzati, “to creep, crawl”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɛli/
- Hyphenation: fel‧ly
Noun
felly (plural fellies)
- The rim of a wooden wheel, supported by the spokes.
- Any of the several curved segments that constitute the rim.
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , lines 426-430:all you Gods, / In generall Synod take away her power: / Breake all the Spokes and Fallies from her wheele […]
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English felly, felli, fellich, equivalent to fell + -ly.
Pronunciation
Adverb
felly (comparative more felly, superlative most felly)
- (now rare) Fiercely, harshly.
1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi:
Welsh
Etymology
Contraction of the phrase hafal hyn, lit. "equal this", via a series of sound changes hafal hyn > (h)efel hyn > (e)fell hyn > (e)felly(n), (y)felly(n) > felly. Cognate with Middle Breton euelhenn.
Pronunciation
Adverb
felly
- so, thus
Mutation
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “felly”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies