As verbs the difference between vell and kvell
is that vell is (uk|dialect) to cut the turf from, as for burning while kvell is to feel delighted and proud to the point of tears; to boast; to gloat.
As a noun vell
is the salted stomach of a calf, used in making cheese; a rennet bag.
vell
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(
en verb)
(UK, dialect) To cut the turf from, as for burning.
- (Halliwell)
Etymology 2
Compare (
etyl) (
lena) .
Noun
(
en noun)
The salted stomach of a calf, used in making cheese; a rennet bag.
(
Webster 1913)
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kvell
English
Verb
(
en verb)
To feel delighted and proud to the point of tears; to boast; to gloat.
*2013 , (Thomas Pynchon), Bleeding Edge , Vintage 2014, p. 4:
*:‘Magnificent residence,’ she pretended to kvell , ‘maybe I'm in the wrong business?’
