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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
vell (third-person singular simple present vells, present participle velling, simple past and past participle velled)
- (UK, dialect) To cut the turf from, as for burning.
1796, William Marshall, Rural Economy of the West of England:For velling, the share is made wide, with the angle or outer point of the wing or fin turned upward, to separate the turf entirely from the soil
Etymology 2
Compare Latin vellus (“the skin of a sheep with the wool on it, a fleece, a hide or pelt”), or English fell (“a hide”).
Noun
vell (plural vells)
- (UK, dialect) The salted stomach of a calf, used in making cheese; a rennet bag.
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Catalan vell~veyl, from Vulgar Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus, diminutive of vetus. Compare Occitan vièlh, French vieux, Spanish viejo.
Adjective
vell (feminine vella, masculine plural vells, feminine plural velles)
- old
- Antonyms: jove, nou
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin vĕllus, or a variant of velló.
Noun
vell m (plural vells)
- (agriculture) fleece
Related terms
References
Icelandic
Verb
vell (strong)
- inflection of vella:
- first-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Verb
vell (weak)
- second-person singular imperative of vella
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
vell n (definite singular vellet, indefinite plural vell, definite plural vella)
- (pre-2012) alternative form of vel
Verb
vell
- present tense of velle
- imperative of velle
Old Norse
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
vell n
- (poetic) gold
Declension
Declension of vell (strong a-stem)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
vell
- inflection of vella:
- first-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Yola
Pronunciation
Verb
vell
- simple past of vall
1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 7, page 86:Th' heiftem o' pley vell all ing to lug;- The weight of the play fell into the hollow;
1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 96:Zoo wough aul vell a-danceen; earch bye gae a poage- So we all fell a-dancing; each boy gave a kiss
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 75