fele

Etymology

From Middle English fele, from Old English feola, fela (“much, many, very”), from Proto-Germanic *felu (“very, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *pélh₁u (“many”). Cognate with Scots fele (“many, much, great”), Dutch veel (“much, many”), German viel (“much, many”), Latin plūs (“more”), Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”). Related to full.

adv

1. (dialectal or obsolete) Greatly, much, very
   For they bring in the substance of the Beere / That they drinken feele too good chepe, not dere. ― Hakluyt's Voyages.

adj

1. (dialectal or obsolete) Much; many.
   This cruel monstre, […] Infect with fell venoum; 1513, Gavin Douglas, Eneados
   So fele shippes this yere there ware / That moch losse for vnfreyght they bare. So fele ships this year there were / that much loss for unfreight they bore.

pron

1. (dialectal or obsolete) Many (of).