Well goodness. About a hundred and twenty uses of feel including felt which is definitely not used in the sense of a type of cloth, I did check. Definitely of Germanic roots, related to fumble, and — how cool is this? — to the Gothic word for astonished. There’s a possible relation to the Latin word pollex meaning thumb.

18.048 I mean even a burglar has his feelings.

• 1.009 or that you feel good this morning;
• 1.058 who was feeling positively flummoxed,
• 1.083 the hobbit felt the love of beautiful things
• 1.092 he began to feel a shriek coming up inside,
• 1.096 He suddenly felt he would
• 1.119 feeling all confused
• 1.131 and Bilbo felt he would have liked to say the same.
• 2.001 and yet in a way he could not help feeling
• 2.001 The feeling surprised him.
• 2.027 but still he began to feel that adventures were not so bad after all.
• 2.116 By that time they felt like breakfast,
• 2.126 “I immediately had a feeling
• 3.001 They had begun to feel that danger was
• 3.004 and just at that moment he felt more tired
• 3.004 than he ever remembered feeling before.
• 3.012 and there was a comfortable feeling
• 4.007 who was feeling very grumpy,
• 4.012 and to feel safe from the giants
• 5.001 and he could feel nothing except the stone of the floor.
• 5.002 what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel.
• 5.002 for he could feel inside that it was high time for some meal or other;
• 5.004 After some time he felt for his pipe.
• 5.004 Then he felt for his pouch,
• 5.004 Then he felt for matches
• 5.004 Still at the moment he felt very crushed.
• 5.004 and feeling all round himself for matches
• 5.007 and one hand feeling the wall,
• 5.009 or could feel with his hand on the wall.
• 5.012 for they had a feeling that something unpleasant was lurking down there,
• 5.038 It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
• 5.056 He had a feeling that the answer was quite different
• 5.062 he even felt
• 5.074 but he did not feel at all sure how the game was going to end,
• 5.077 But he felt he could not trust this slimy thing
• 5.094 and he had a feeling that anything Gollum wanted so much
• 5.104 and feeling it with his left hand.
• 5.105 The ring felt very cold
• 5.127 Bilbo could see or feel that he was tense as a bowstring,
• 5.144 or caught by feel.
• 6.003 and very miserable he felt about it –
• 6.007 I feel responsible for him.
• 6.035 His stomach felt all empty
• 6.043 were feeling far from happy,
• 6.064 and to feel that they were
• 6.072 he could feel the heat of the flames;
• 6.087 He felt sick.
• 6.088 He was feeling very queer indeed
• 6.088 Now I know what a piece of bacon feels like
• 6.100 Soon Bilbo’s stomach was feeling full
• 6.100 and he felt he could sleep contentedly,
• 7.024 and then Bilbo felt so hungry that he would have eaten acorns,
• 7.120 The hobbit felt quite crushed,
• 7.128 and they all felt
• 7.146 Bilbo sat on the ground feeling very unhappy
• 7.146 and waiting feeling,’
• 8.004 and longed for the feel of wind on their faces.
• 8.004 Even the dwarves felt it,
• 8.004 felt that he was being slowly suffocated.
• 8.043 and enjoyed the feel of the breeze
• 8.043 and the feel of the wind,
• 8.045 which they were too heavy to climb up and feel.
• 8.047 nor why he felt so hungry;
• 8.048 for he felt very weak
• 8.073 while people he could not see or feel
• 8.074 when he felt something touch him.
• 8.075 but he could feel its hairy legs
• 8.076 He felt a different person,
• 8.078 Bilbo felt that it was unsafe to shout,
• 8.104 and before the spider knew what was happening it felt his sting
• 8.107 although he was feeling very sick
• 8.118 but at last Bilbo felt he could delay no longer –
• 8.123 just when Bilbo felt
• 8.125 that Bilbo began to feel
• 8.125 though he would have felt a lot bolder still,
• 8.143 until he feels inclined to tell the truth,
• 9.003 Nor did they hear or feel him trotting along
• 9.017 did not feel nearly so hopeful as they did.
• 9.032 but he did not feel at all sure
• 9.034 even if I feel inclined to try.’
• 9.047 in the feeling of weight
• 9.057 Bilbo wondered what the dwarves were feeling
• 9.064 He was no longer dripping but he felt cold all over.
• 10.016 No doubt we shall feel properly grateful,
• 10.039 the dwarves’ good feeling towards the little hobbit
• 10.039 for he was not feeling particularly cheerful.
• 11.028 He had a queer feeling that he was waiting for something.
• 12.003 but Bilbo felt impatient.
• 12.010 Soon he thought it was beginning to feel warm.
• 12.018 in the feel of the fresh air again,
• 12.020 He had never felt quite happy about it,
• 12.034 as Bilbo felt inclined to point out.
• 12.042 and he was inclined to feel a bit proud of himself
• 12.045 and I feel your air.
• 12.064 to feel really uncomfortable.
• 12.079 He had been feeling rather pleased
• 12.087 that he had a nasty feeling
• 12.087 and I have a horrible feeling
• 12.091 But I feel it
• 12.095 or at least that he could feel quite certain
• 12.100 gave the dwarves an uncomfortable feeling.
• 12.103 in this way he felt better
• 13.002 I must feel the wind on my face soon or die.
• 13.004 Bilbo felt a strange lightening of the heart,
• 13.021 All the same he had an uncomfortable feeling
• 13.038 I feel magnificent,’
• 13.044 and Bilbo was just feeling that he could go on no longer,
• 13.050 and to feel the wind on my face.
• 13.052 But I don’t feel that Smaug’s front doorstep
• 13.061 I feel as if his eyes were on the back of my head.’
• 15.024 In any case he felt that the adventure was,
• 16.011 I would give a good deal for the feel of grass at my toes.’
• 16.012 I would give a good deal for the feel
• 16.039 personally I never really felt like one –
• 16.047 (which he felt he had hardly earned).
• 17.026 felt shame
• 18.004 feeling his aching head.
• 18.011 All the same I feel sick
• 18.048 I mean even a burglar has his feelings.
• 19.001 and they all felt