pell

See also: Pell, Pëll, pell', and pełł

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin pellis (“animal skin, pelt”), from Ancient Greek πέλμα (pélma, “sole of the foot”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

pell (plural pells)

1. A fur or hide.
2. A lined cloak or its lining.
3. A roll of parchment; a record kept on parchment.
   • 1835, Frederick Devon (editor and translator), Issue Roll of Thomas de Brantingham, Bishop of Exeter, Lord High Treasurer of England, Containing Payments Made out of His Majesty′s Revenue in the 44th Year of King Edward III.: A.D. 1370, page xi,

     The clerk of the pell (whose office is in the Lord Treasurer′s gift) keepeth the Pells in parchment, called Pelles Receptæ, wherein every teller′s bill, with his name on it, is to be entred; and under every such bill when it is entred, recordatur to be written in open court, for a controlment to charge the teller with so much money as in the said bill is set downe.

     He also anciently kept another pell, called Pellis Exitus, wherein every dayes issuing of any the moneys paid into the receipt, was to be entered, and by whom and by what warrant, privy seale, or bill, it was paid.

4. (Sussex) A body of water somewhere between a pond and a lake in size.
5. An upright post, often padded and covered in hide, used to practice strikes with bladed weapons such as swords or glaives.

Derived terms

• clerk of the pells

Related terms

• pelt
• fell
• pelisse
• pellagra
• pellage
• pellicle
• peltry

Verb

pell (third-person singular simple present pells, present participle pelling, simple past and past participle pelled)

1. To pelt; to knock about.

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Breton

Etymology

Cognate with Welsh pell (“far”).

Adverb

pell

1. far

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Catalan

Etymology

From , from Latin pellis, pellem, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpeʎ]
• Rhymes: -eʎ

Noun

pell f (plural pells)

1. (anatomy) skin
2. pelt

Derived terms

• pellofa

Further reading

• “pell” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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German

Verb

pell

1. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of pellen.
2. (colloquial) (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of pellen.

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Welsh

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛɬ/
• IPA^(key): /peːɬ/, /pɛɬ/

Adjective

pell (feminine singular pell, plural pellafion, equative pelled, comparative pellach, superlative pellaf)

1. far, distant

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pell	bell	mhell	phell
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.