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d, a weak causal verb, answering to the strong neuter form falla; [absent in ; fellan; fell; fällen; fallian; fälla; fælde.]
A. [Answering to falla A], to fell, make fall; fella við, to fell timber, ii. 84; fella mann, to fell a man, defined in the law, 3, 31; fella tár, to let tears fall, Sighvat; fella mel-dropa, to let the drops fall, 14; fella segl, to take down sails, 14; fella jörð undir e-m, to make the earth slip under one (by means of sorcery), i. 12; fella vatn í fornan farveg, to make the stream flow in its old bed, ii. 281.
2. to fell or slay, in battle, 80, 296, 495; Bróðir felldi Brján, 275; fella e-n frá landi, to slay or dethrone a king; hann hafði fellt hinn helga Ólaf konung frá landi, 82; var felldr frá landi Haraldr Gráfeldr, H. Graycloak was slain, 38; síðan felldu þeir frá landi Hákon bróður minn, viii. 241, ; fella her, val, , to make havoc, slaughter, (val-fall, strages),
β. to lose sheep or cattle from cold or hunger (v. fellir); var vetr mikill ok felldu menn mjök fé sitt, iii. 297.
II. to make to cease, abolish; hann felldi blót ok blótdrykkjur, x. 393; niðr, to drop, put an end to, abandon; var hans villa svá niðr felld, 98; þat felldi hann allt niðr, vii. 158; ef þú fellir niðr (gives up) þann átrúnað, ii. 88: to drop a prosecution, a law term, at konungr mundi þetta mál ekki niðr fella, vii. 127 ( niðr-fall at sökum); fella ræðu sína, to close one’s speech, ix. 331; þar skal niðr þrjá-tigi nátta, there shall [they] let drop thirty nights, thirty nights shall not be counted, 57; fella boð, herör, to drop the message, not let the arrow pass, i. 55, 83 (vide boð, p. 71); fella skjót, to fail in supplying a vehicle, 22.
2. to lower, diminish; fella rétt manns, fella konungs sakar-eyri, 185; hann skal fella hálfri mörk, [they] shall lower it, the value shall be lowered by half a mark, ii. 180.3. the phrases, fella heitstrenging (eið) á sik, to bring down on one’s head the curse for a breach of faith (vow, oath, ), 8.4. fella hold af, to starve so that the flesh falls away, 200, 130; hence fella af, to become lean, starved; af-feldr: the phrase, blótspán, , p. 71; fella dóm, to pass sentence, is , borrowed from
B. [Answering to falla B], to join, fit:
I. a joiner’s term, to frame, tongue and groove; fella innan kofann allan ok þilja, i. 194; felld súð, a framed board, wainscot, vi. (in a verse), hence fellisúð; fella stokk á horn, to put a board on the horns of a savage bull, 324; eru fastir viðir saman negldir, þó eigi sé vel felldir, the boards are fast when nailed together, they are not tongued and grooved, 192 (felling); fella stein í skörð, to fit a stone to the crevice, 247: , fella lok á e-t, to bring to an end, to fit a cover to it, i. 67: also a blacksmith’s term, fella járn, to work iron into bars, 79.II. in the phrases, fella ást, hug, skilning, , til e-s, to turn one’s love, mind, , towards one; fellim várn skilning til einskis af öllum þeim, 4; Geirmundr felldi hug til Þuríðar, G. fell in love with , 114; Þórðr bar eigi auðnu til at fellasvá mikla ást til Helgu, sem vera átti, they did not agree, i. 194; fella bæn at e-m, to apply prayer to one, beg of him, Ísl. ii. 481; fella sik við e-t, to fit oneself to a thing; ek hefi byrjað þitt erindi, ok allan mik við fellt, and have done my best, 655 xxxii. 13; felldi Þorkell sik mjök við umræðuna, took a warm part in the debate, 322; hence such phrases as, fella sig (eigi) við e-t, to take pleasure (or not) in a thing; fella saman orð sín, to make one’s words agree, i. 53: to appropriate, fellir hann með því dalinn sér til vistar, 137.III. felldr, as = fallinn; svá felldr, so fitted, such; með svá felldum máta, in such a way, 248; vera vel (illa ) felldr til e-s, to be well (ill) fitted for a thing, xi. 76; gamall ok þó ekki til felldr, i. 472, iii. 70; Hallgerðr kvað hann sér vel felldan til verkstjóra, H. said he was well fitted to be her steward, 57, : , þér er ekki fellt (it is not fit for thee) at ganga á greipr mönnum Haralds, vi. 210; svá lízt oss sem slíkum málum sé vel fellt at svara, such cases are well worth consideration, 90; ekki héldu þeir vel lög þau nema þat er þeim þótti fellt, they observed not the rules except what seemed them fit, i. 169; þeirrar stundar er honum þótti til fellt, the time that seemed him fit, i. 161: in many compds, geð-felldr, skap-f., hug-f., pleasant, agreeable; hag-felldr, practical; sí-felldr, continuous.
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