feal

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative form of fail (“piece of turf cut from grassland”) alt-of,alternative
动词 v.
  1. To hide. dialectal,transitive
    — He that feals can find. Pro. i. e He that hides, &c.
  2. To press on, advance. obsolete
    — Durst none of them further feal.
形容词 adj.
  1. (of things) Cosy; clean; neat. Northern-England,Scotland,UK,dialectal
    — But if it stands in humble hame The bed, — I'll say this far in't, — Is clean and feel as ony lair King ever lay on — and that is mair Than mony ane could warrant.
  2. Faithful, loyal. archaic
    — France, and froward Ireland, with our English land, / Are feal subjects to your royal hand.
  3. (of persons) Comfortable; cosy; safe. Northern-England,Scotland,UK,dialectal
    — […] when I care na to accompany ye to the kirkyard hole mysel, and take my word for't, ye'Il lie saftest and fealest on the Buittle side of the kirk; […]
  4. Smooth; soft; downy; velvety. Northern-England,Scotland,UK,dialectal
副词 adv.
  1. In a feal manner.

词形变化

fealer comparative more feal comparative fealest superlative most feal superlative feil alternative feel alternative feele alternative fiel alternative fealer comparative more feal comparative fealest superlative most feal superlative feil alternative feel alternative feele alternative fiel alternative feals present,singular,third-person fealing participle,present fealed participle,past fealed past feals present,singular,third-person fealing participle,present fale past fealed past folen participle,past fealed participle,past fealer comparative more feal comparative fealest superlative most feal superlative feals plural

词汇关系

衍生词
fealy feely

词源

词源 1
From Middle English fele, fæle (“proper, of the right sort”), from Old English fǣle (“faithful, trusty, good; dear, beloved”), from Proto-West Germanic *failī, from Proto-Germanic *failijaz (“true, friendly, familiar, good”), from Proto-Indo-European *pey- (“to adore”). Cognate with Scots feel, feelie (“cosy, neat, clean, comfortable”), West Frisian feilich (“safe”), Dutch veil (“for-sale”), Dutch veilig (“safe”), German feil (“for-sale”), Latin pīus (“good, dutiful, faithful, devout, pious”).
词源 2
From Middle English felen, from Old Norse fela (“to hide”), from Proto-Germanic *felhaną (“to conceal, hide, bury, trust, intrude”), from Proto-Indo-European *pele(w)-, *plē(w)- (“to hide”). Cognate with Old High German felahan (“to pass, trust, sow”), Old English fēolan (“to cleave, enter, penetrate”).
词源 3
From Middle English felen (“to come at (one's enemies), advance”), from Old English fēolan (“to cleave, enter, penetrate”), from Proto-Germanic *felhaną.
词源 4
Borrowed from Middle Scots feal, from Early Scots feal, from Old French feal, collateral form of feeil, from Latin fidelis.
词源 5
Unknown; see fail.
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