feal
/fiːl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.68 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a feal manner.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "[…] 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; […]"
- "He that feals can find. Pro. i. e He that hides, &c."
- "Durst none of them further feal."
- "France, and froward Ireland, with our English land, / Are feal subjects to your royal hand."
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”), 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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
- British usage
- Transitive verb
- Obsolete
- Archaic
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Law.
Inflected Forms
fealer (comparative)
more feal (comparative)
fealest (superlative)
most feal (superlative)
feil (alternative)
feel (alternative)
feele (alternative)
fiel (alternative)
feals (present, singular)
fealing (participle, present)
fealed (participle, past)
fealed (past)