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fiell

fiell

Old English

Alternative forms

Noun

fiell m, n

  1. a fall
  2. ruin, destruction; death, slaughter
  3. (grammar) case
  4. reflection

Declension

(masc.)

(neut.)

Descendants

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *falla- ‎(“a fall”), from Proto-Germanic *fallaną ‎(“to fall”), from Proto-Indo-European *phol- ‎(“to fall”). Akin to Old Frisian fal, fel "a fall", Old Saxon fal ‎(“a fall”), Old High German fal ‎(“a fall”), Old English feallan "to fall".

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