fulle

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See also: fülle, füllé, and Fülle

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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A variant of fille (fill, sufficiency) influenced by ful, reinforced by the Western Middle English development of Old English /y/ to /u/.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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fulle (uncountable)

  1. The totality or entirety of something.
  2. A sufficient amount; the state of satiation.
  3. A desired amount; the state of satisfaction.
  4. Profusion, surfeit; a state of plenty.
  5. (rare) The apex or culmination of something.
Descendants
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  • English: full
  • Scots: fou, full
References
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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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fulle

  1. Alternative form of ful
  2. inflection of ful:
    1. weak singular
    2. strong/weak plural

Etymology 3

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Verb

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fulle

  1. Alternative form of fillen

Etymology 4

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Verb

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fulle

  1. Alternative form of fullen (to fill)

Etymology 5

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Verb

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fulle

  1. Alternative form of fullen (to full)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Adjective

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fulle

  1. definite singular of full
  2. plural of full

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Adjective

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fulle

  1. definite singular of full
  2. plural of full

Old English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈful.le/, [ˈfuɫ.ɫe]

Adjective

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fulle

  1. inflection of full:
    1. strong accusative feminine singular
    2. strong instrumental masculine/neuter singular
    3. strong nominative/accusative masculine/feminine plural
    4. weak nominative feminine/neuter singular
    5. weak accusative neuter singular

Noun

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fulle

  1. dative singular of full

Saterland Frisian

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fulle

  1. Inflected form of ful

Swedish

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Adjective

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fulle

  1. definite natural masculine singular of full