felly

Meanings

Noun

• The outer rim of a wheel, supported by the spokes.

Adverb

• Fiercely, harshly.

Origin

• From Middle English fely, felow, felowe, felwe, felȝe, from Old English felġe, dative of felg, from Proto-Germanic *felgō (compare Saterland Frisian feelge, Dutch velg, German Felge), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥ǵʰ- (compare Polish płoza ("sliding iron"), Old Church Slavonic пльзати ("to creep, crawl")).
• From Middle English felly, felli, fellich, equivalent to fell + -ly.