ful

ful (invariable)

1. Of or pertaining to Fula.

ful m

1. Fula

• fulbe

From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz.

• IPA^(key): /fuːl/, [fuːˀl]
• Homophone: fugl

ful

1. nasty, ugly

ful

1. plural of fula

ful

1. very; much; to a great extent
   • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41

     And I seide, "Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge. […]

     And I said, "Sir, in his time master John Wycliffe was held by very many men the greatest clerk that they knew living upon earth. And with this he was named, as I believe worthily, an excellent ruly and innocent man in all his living. […]

2. full
   • ca. 1384, John Wycliffe, Wycliffe Bible (translation from the Vulgate), Genesis 25:8

     and failynge he was deed in a good elde, and of greet age, and ful of dayes, and he was gaderyd to his puple.

     and failing he was dead in a good old [age], and of great age, and full of days, and he was gathered to his people.

From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz.

• IPA^(key): /fʉːɽ/
• Homophone: fugl
• Rhymes: -ʉːɽ

ful (masculine and feminine ful, neuter fult, definite singular and plural fule, comparative fulere, indefinite superlative fulest, definite superlative fuleste)

1. clever, sly

• “ful” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “ful” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz.

ful (masculine and feminine ful, neuter fult, definite singular and plural fule, comparative fulare, indefinite superlative fulast, definite superlative fulaste)

1. clever, sly

• “ful” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *fullaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈful/, [fuɫ]

ful

1. Alternative form of full

From Proto-Germanic *fūlaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuːl/, [fuːɫ]

fūl

1. foul (dirty, stinking, vile, corrupt)

• fūlnes

• Middle English: foul
  • English: foul
  • Scots: foul

From Proto-Germanic *fulnaz.

ful

1. full

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: fol

• West Frisian: fol

• IPA^(key): /ful/

·ful

1. third-person singular present subjunctive prototonic of fo·loing

From Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.

ful

1. full

• fullian

• Low German: vull

• IPA^(key): /ful/

ful m inan

1. full house

From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz.

• (Swedish) IPA^(key): /fʉːl/

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• Rhymes: -ʉːl

ful

1. ugly; of displeasing appearance

   Det var den fulaste unge jag någonsin sett.

   That's the ugliest kid I've ever seen.

2. dirty, bad; something contradictory to norms and rules

   Larsson gjorde en riktigt ful tackling.

   Larsson pulled off a really dirty tackle.

3. prefix indicating a state of low or poor quality: an ironic opposite of fin, "fine, elegant."
   • 2000, Mikael Niemi, Populärmusik från Vittula p. 35; English translation by Laurie Thompson: Popular Music from Vittula (2003), p. 36.

     Hukande tassade han fram till predikstolen, en skygg liten gosse med fulsnaggat hår.

     Shoulders hunched, he tip-toed toward the pulpit, a bashful little boy with an awful haircut.

• asful
• fulöl
• fulsnygg
• skitful

From English fool.

ful

1. fool

ful (nominative plural fuls)

1. fullness