fell

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Translations 1.5 Etymology 4 1.5.1 Adjective 2 Icelandic 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Old English 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɛl/, SAMPA: /fEl/
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• Rhymes: -ɛl

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English fellan

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to fell (third-person singular simple present fells, present participle felling, simple past and past participle felled)

1. (transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.

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fell

1. Simple past of fall.

[edit] Etymology 2

Middle English fell "hide, skin, fell" from Old English fell "hide, skin, pelt".

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fell (plural fells)

1. That portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down
2. An animal skin, hide

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[edit] Etymology 3

Via Middle English from Old Norse fell

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fell (plural fells)

1. A rocky ridge or chain of mountains. (archaic or British English)
2. A wild field or upland moor (archaic or British English)

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Middle English fel from Old English fel, felo, fæle "cruel, savage, fierce", Old English ealfelu "all-fell, extremely baleful, dire". Cf Old French fel "wicked", from the same Germanic source. More at felon

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fell (comparative feller, superlative fellest)

1. (archaic) fierce, savage (e.g., one fell swoop)
2. (Scot) Pungent.
3. Having an extremely cruel or irrational trait

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Old Norse

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fell n.

1. hill

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[edit] Old English

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Proto-Germanic *fellam, whence also Old High Germanic vel

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fell n

1. fell
2. skin