felly
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felly¹
- /ˈfɛli/
Where it comes from
From Middle English fely, felow, felowe, felwe, felȝe, from Old English felg, from Proto-Germanic *felgō (compare Saterland Frisian feelge, Dutch velg, German Felge), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥ǵʰ- (compare Polish płoza (“sliding iron”), Old Church Slavonic пльзати (plĭzati, “to creep, crawl”)).
noun fellies · felloe · fellick · felk
- The rim of a wooden wheel, supported by the spokes.
- Any of the several curved segments that constitute the rim. all you Gods, / In generall Synod take away her power: / Breake all the Spokes and Fallies from her wheele […]
felly²
- /ˈfɛl.li/
- /ˈfɛli/
Where it comes from
From Middle English felly, felli, fellich, equivalent to fell + -ly.
adverb more felly · most felly
- Fiercely, harshly. Ioues dreaded thunder light / Does scorch not halfe so sore, nor damned ghoste / In flaming Phlegeton does not so felly roste.
