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feal

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7
Words With Friends
8
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/fiːl/

Definition of feal

8 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal)(of things) Cosy; clean; neat.
    “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.”
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adj

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal)(of things) Cosy; clean; neat.
    “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. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal)(of persons) Comfortable; cosy; safe.
    “[…] 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; […]”
  3. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal)Smooth; soft; downy; velvety.
  4. (archaic)Faithful, loyal.
    “France, and froward Ireland, with our English land, / Are feal subjects to your royal hand.”

adv

  1. In a feal manner.

verb

  1. (dialectal, transitive)To hide.
    “He that feals can find. Pro. i. e He that hides, &c.”
  2. (obsolete)To press on, advance.
    “Durst none of them further feal.”

noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of fail (“piece of turf cut from grassland”)

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Etymology

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”),…

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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”).

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