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fell
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?l/
- Rhymes: -?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English fellen, from Old English fellan, fiellan (“to cause to fall, strike down, fell, cut down, throw down, defeat, destroy, kill, tumble, cause to stumble”), from Proto-Germanic *fallijan? (“to fell, to cause to fall”), causative of Proto-Germanic *fallan? (“to fall”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)p?l- (“to fall”). Cognate with Dutch vellen (“to fell, cut down”), German fällen (“to fell”), Norwegian felle (“to fell”).
Verb
fell (third-person singular simple present fells, present participle felling, simple past and past participle felled)
- (transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
- (transitive) To strike down, kill, destroy.
- 2016 January 17, "What Weiner Reveals About Huma Abedin," Vanity Fair (retrieved 21 January 2016):
- This Sunday marks the debut of Weiner, a documentary that follows former congressman Anthony Weiner in his attempt to overcome a sexting scandal and run for mayor of New York City—only to be felled, somewhat inexplicably, by another sexting scandal.
- 2016 January 17, "What Weiner Reveals About Huma Abedin," Vanity Fair (retrieved 21 January 2016):
- (sewing) To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.
- 2006, Colette Wolff, The Art of Manipulating Fabric, page 296:
- To fell seam allowances, catch the lining underneath before emerging 1/4" (6mm) ahead, and 1/8" (3mm) to 1/4" (6mm) into the seam allowance.
- 2006, Colette Wolff, The Art of Manipulating Fabric, page 296:
Translations
Noun
fell (plural fells)
- A cutting-down of timber.
- The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.
- (textiles) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English fell, fel, vel, from Old English fel, fell (“hide, skin, pelt”), from Proto-Germanic *fell? (compare West Frisian fel, Dutch vel, German Fell), from Proto-Indo-European *pél-no- (“skin, animal hide”) (compare Latin pellis (“skin”), Lithuanian pl?n? (“skin”), Russian ?????? (plená, “pelt”), Albanian plah (“to cover”), Ancient Greek ?????? (péll?s, “skin”)). Related to film and pell.
Noun
fell (plural fells)
- An animal skin, hide, pelt.
- c. 1599 Shakespeare: As You Like It: Act 3 Sc.3 L. 35
- Why, we are still handling our ewes, and their fells, you know, are greasy.
- c. 1599 Shakespeare: As You Like It: Act 3 Sc.3 L. 35
- Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense).
- c. 1390, William Langland, Piers Plowman, I:
- For he is fader of feith · fourmed ?ow alle / Bothe with fel and with face.
- c. 1390, William Langland, Piers Plowman, I:
Translations
Etymology 3
From Old Norse fell, fjall (“rock, mountain”), compare Norwegian Bokmål fjell 'mountain', from Proto-Germanic *felz?, *fel(e)zaz, *falisaz (compare German Felsen 'boulder, cliff', Middle Low German vels 'hill, mountain'), from Proto-Indo-European *pelso; compare Irish aill (“boulder, cliff”), Ancient Greek ????? (pélla, “stone”), Pashto ????? (par??a, “rock, rocky ledge”), Sanskrit ????? (p????á, “stone”). Doublet of fjeld.
Noun
fell (plural fells)
- (archaic outside Britain) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.
- 1937 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
- The dwarves of yore made mighty spells, / While hammers fell like ringing bells, / In places deep, where dark things sleep, / In hollow halls beneath the fells.
- 1971 Catherine Cookson, The Dwelling Place
- She didn't know at first why she stepped off the road and climbed the bank on to the fells; it wasn't until she found herself skirting a disused quarry that she realised where she was making for, and when she reached the place she stood and gazed at it. It was a hollow within an outcrop of rock, not large enough to call a cave but deep enough to shelter eight people from the rain, and with room to spare.
- 1937 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
- (archaic outside Britain) A wild field or upland moor.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 11 p. 174[5]:
- As over Holt and Heath, as thorough Frith and Fell;
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 11 p. 174[5]:
Derived terms
- Low Fell
Translations
Etymology 4
From Middle English fel, fell (“strong, fierce, terrible, cruel, angry”), from Old English *fel, *felo, *fæle (“cruel, savage, fierce”) (only in compounds, wælfel (“bloodthirsty”), ealfelo (“evil, baleful”), ælfæle (“very dire”), etc.), from Proto-Germanic *faluz (“wicked, cruel, terrifying”), from Proto-Indo-European *pol- (“to pour, flow, swim, fly”). Cognate with Old Frisian fal (“cruel”), Middle Dutch fel (“wrathful, cruel, bad, base”), German Low German fell (“rash, swift”), Danish fæl (“disgusting, hideous, ghastly, grim”), Middle High German v?lant (“imp”). See felon.
Adjective
fell (comparative feller, superlative fellest)
- Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, Act II scene vi[6]:
- […] While we devise fell tortures for thy faults.
- 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 2
- And many a serpent of fell kind, / With wings before, and stings behind
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, Act II scene vi[6]:
- (Britain dialectal, Scotland) Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent
- (Britain dialectal, Scotland) Very large; huge.
- (obsolete) Eager; earnest; intent.
- I am so fell to my business.
Translations
Adverb
fell (comparative more fell, superlative most fell)
- Sharply; fiercely.
Derived terms
- fellness
Etymology 5
Perhaps from Latin fel (“gall, poison, bitterness”), or more probably from the adjective above.
Noun
fell (uncountable)
- (obsolete, rare) Anger; gall; melancholy.
Etymology 6
Noun
fell
- (mining) The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.
Etymology 7
Verb
fell
- simple past tense of fall
- (now colloquial) past participle of fall
Further reading
- Fell (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Fell in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *spesla, metathesized form of *spelsa, from Proto-Indo-European *pels (“rock, boulder”), variant of *spel- (“to cleave, break”). Compare Latin hydronym Pelso, Latin Palatium, Pashto ????? (parša, “rock, rocky ledge”), Ancient Greek ????? (pélla, “stone”), German Felsen (“boulder, cliff”). Mostly dialectal, used in Gheg Albanian.
Adverb
fell
- deep, shallow
Derived terms
- fellë
Related terms
- fyell
Icelandic
Etymology
Old Norse fjall (“mountain”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?tl/
- Rhymes: -?tl
Noun
fell n (genitive singular fells, nominative plural fell)
- isolated hill, isolated mountain
Declension
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
fell
- imperative of felle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Verb
fell
- present of falle
Etymology 2
Verb
fell
- imperative of fella
Old English
Alternative forms
- fel
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *fell, whence also Old High German vel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fell/, [fe?]
Noun
fell n
- fell
- skin
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leonine
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?li??na??n/
Etymology 1
From Latin le?n?nus (“lion-like”); leo +? -ine.
Alternative forms
- lionine (obsolete)
Adjective
leonine (comparative more leonine, superlative most leonine)
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion.
- 1887, Thomas Adolphus Trollope, What I Remember, Volume 2, chapter XIV (ebook):
- He [Landor] was a man of somewhat leonine aspect as regards the general appearance and expression of the head and face, which accorded well with the large and massive build of the figure, and to which a superbly curling white beard added not only picturesqueness, but a certain nobility.
- 1887, Thomas Adolphus Trollope, What I Remember, Volume 2, chapter XIV (ebook):
Translations
Noun
leonine (plural leonines)
- (numismatics, historical) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and used in England as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I.
Etymology 2
Perhaps from Leoninus, a 12th-century canon in Paris, or from Pope Leo II.
Noun
leonine (plural leonines)
- (poetry) A kind of Latin verse, generally alternate hexameter and pentameter, rhyming at the middle and end.
Anagrams
- Noeline
Italian
Adjective
leonine
- feminine plural of leonino
Latin
Adjective
le?n?ne
- vocative masculine singular of le?n?nus
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