Fele

Alternative forms

• feel

Origin

From Middle English feele, fele, from Old English feola, fela ("much, many, very"), from Proto-Germanic *felu ("very, much"), from Proto-Indo-European *pélu ("many"). Cognate with Scots fele ("many, much, great"), Dutch veel ("much, many"), German viel ("much, many"), Latin plūs ("more"), Ancient Greek πολύς (polýs, "many"). Related to full.

Full definition of fele

Adverb

1. (dialectal or obsolete) Greatly, much, veryFor they bring in the substance of the Beere
   That they drinken feele too good chepe, not dere. ― Hakluyts Voyages.

Adjective

1. (dialectal or obsolete) Much; many.Any maner of thynges desyryt..heraftyr may be had and ygrawnt by the fellyst of the sayd comynes. — dated 1456 from J.T. Gilbert, Calendar of Ancient Records of Dublin , vol. 1 (1889)

Derived terms

• the felest — the majority, most

Pronoun

1. (dialectal or obsolete) Many (of).
• 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:And fele of thy footmen ar brought oute of lyff, and many worshypfull presoners ar yolden into oure handys.

Derived terms

• feelefold
• felefold

Anagrams

• feel
• flee