fell – English noun declension

English noun forms of fell

Noun: fell
Singularfell
Pluralfells

Sample Sentences

  • Cut the first 2 warp ends in half and tie each pair together with an overhand knot, snug (but not tight) against the fell. [2026, Emily Barth, “Woolly Cocoon Bags”, in Handwoven, volume XLVII, number 1, page 37:]

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-West Germanic *fallijan, from Proto-Germanic *fallijaną (“to fell, to cause to fall”), causative of Proto-Germanic *fallaną (“to fall”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂peh₃lH-.
2. Cognate with Dutch vellen (“to fell, cut down”), German fällen (“to fell”), Danish fælde (“to fell”), Norwegian felle (“to fell”). See: Old English Nouns 'fellan', Danish Nouns 'fælde'.

Verbs referencing "fell"

English Nouns leather, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns fella, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns fjell, Swedish Nouns fjäll, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns fjedl.