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fell

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A fell (from Old Norse fell , fjall , "mountain") is a high and barren landscape feature, such as a mountain range or moor -covered hills. The term is most often employed in Fennoscandia , the Isle of Man , parts of Northern England , and Scotland .

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English fællan (Mercian), fyllan (West Saxon) "make fall, cause to fall," also "strike down, demolish, kill," from Proto-Germanic *falljan "strike down, cause to fall" (cognates: Old Frisian falla , Old Saxon fellian , Dutch fellen , Old High German ...

Usage examples of fell.

She proceeded to explain about the ragged bundle Acorn had carried, and described the rock that fell out of it after his death.

Constructed of heart cypress from trees felled in the swamp that was a part of the acreage, it was filled with all the furnishings that made life gracious as well as comfortable.

The booty that fell into the hands of the Goths was immense: the wealth of the adjacent countries had been deposited in Trebizond, as in a secure place of refuge.

For as I lay sleeping betwixt the strokes of night, a dream of the night stood by my bed and beheld me with a glance so fell that I was all adrad and quaking with fear.

It was moments like this, when their smiles and adulation fell on her, that Denise knew everything was worthwhile.

In the south-east Rundle and Brabant were slowly advancing, while the Boers who faced them fell back towards Lindley.

Bogaert had felled most of the closest trees, but the slight drift of the aerosol out of the forest still brought enough enzyme to promote the destruction of most of their garments.

The tribune stumbled and fell crosswise over Clodius Afer on the couch next to his.

So he went to his place and fell asleep and slept long, while the women went down to acre and meadow, or saw to the baking of bread or the sewing of garments, or went far afield to tend the neat and the sheep.

Danae fell back, her whole body tingling with the afterclap of that scream.

It was sleeveless, with a scooped neck and a softly full torso that would cling around the bust and then float out in an ageless style that fell to the floor.

When sum in at fell aght,--soft an red, An it rested across ov his knee.

Tapirs, deer, agouti and other game fell before his arrows, until he had accumulated enough to supply the cabin for weeks to come.

He was so ashamed of breaking ahimsa that his body fell slack and the other boys managed to pin him to the floor.

On the other side of the ridge fell a wide valley of bare turf, with the Aldern River threading through its center.