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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin pellis (“animal skin, pelt”), from Proto-Italic *pelnis, from Proto-Indo-European *pel-ni-. Distantly related to fell and film.
Noun
pell (plural pells)
- A fur or hide.
- A lined cloak or its lining.
- A roll of parchment; a record kept on parchment.
- 1835, Frederick Devon (editor and translator), Issue Roll of Thomas de Brantingham, Bishop of Exeter, Lord High Treasurer of England, Containing Payments Made out of His Majesty′s Revenue in the 44th Year of King Edward III.: A.D. 1370, page xi,
- The clerk of the pell (whose office is in the Lord Treasurer′s gift) keepeth the Pells in parchment, called Pelles Receptæ, wherein every teller′s bill, with his name on it, is to be entred; and under every such bill when it is entred, recordatur to be written in open court, for a controlment to charge the teller with so much money as in the said bill is set downe.
- He also anciently kept another pell, called Pellis Exitus, wherein every dayes issuing of any the moneys paid into the receipt, was to be entered, and by whom and by what warrant, privy seale, or bill, it was paid.
- (Sussex) A body of water somewhere between a pond and a lake in size.
- An upright post, often padded and covered in hide, used to practice strikes with bladed weapons such as swords or glaives.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
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Verb
pell (third-person singular simple present pells, present participle pelling, simple past and past participle pelled)
- (transitive, obsolete) To pelt; to knock about.
1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. , (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: Adam Islip, →OCLC:Beat and pell them downe with perches and poles.
See also
Breton
Etymology
Cognate with Welsh pell (“far”).
Adverb
pell
- far
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan pell~peyl, from Latin pellem, from Proto-Italic *pelnis, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pell f (plural pells)
- (anatomy) skin
- pelt
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References
German
Pronunciation
Verb
pell
- singular imperative of pellen
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of pellen
Welsh
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-so-,[1] from *kʷel- (“to turn; to revolve around, sojourn”).[2] Compare Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “end, boundary, completion”) for a similar semantic development from the same root.
Pronunciation
Adjective
pell (feminine singular pell, plural pell, equative pelled, comparative pellach, superlative pellaf)
- far, distant
Derived terms
Mutation
References
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pell”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 89 i