vell

See also: vel'l' and vell-

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

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Verb

vell (third-person singular simple present vells, present participle velling, simple past and past participle velled)

1. (UK, dialect) To cut the turf from, as for burning.

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Etymology 2

Compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin vellus (“the skin of a sheep with the wool on it, a fleece, a hide or pelt”), or English fell (“a hide”).

Noun

vell (plural vells)

1. (UK, dialect) The salted stomach of a calf, used in making cheese; a rennet bag.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “vell”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From or its variants (compare Occitan vièlh), from Vulgar Latin veclus (compare French vieux, Spanish viejo), from Latin vetulus, diminutive of vetus.

Adjective

vell (feminine vella, masculine plural vells, feminine plural velles)

1. old

   Antonyms: jove, nou

Derived terms

• vellesa

Etymology 2

From Latin vĕllus, or a variant of velló.

Noun

vell m (plural vells)

1. (agriculture) fleece

Related terms

• velló

Further reading

• “vell” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “vell”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “vell” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “vell” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Icelandic

Verb

Template:is-verb form (strong)

1. inflection of vella:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Verb

Template:is-verb form (weak)

1. second-person singular imperative of vella

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vell

1. inflection of vella:
   1. present
   2. imperative

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

Noun

vell n

1. (poetic) gold

Declension

  Declension of vell (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vell	vellit	vell	vellin
accusative	vell	vellit	vell	vellin
dative	velli	vellinu	vellum	vellunum
genitive	vells	vellsins	vella	vellanna

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vell

1. inflection of vella:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative