Fell

Fell

“Fell” (from Old Norse fell, fjall, "mountain") is a word used to refer to mountains, or certain types of mountainous landscape, in Scandinavia, the Isle of Man, parts of northern England, and Scotland.

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Famous quotes containing the word fell:

    “Did you say all? O hell-kite! All?
    What, all my pretty chickens and their dam
    At one fell swoop?”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “The Sound of battle fell upon my ear & heart all day yesterday—even after dark the cannon’s insatiate roar continued ...”
    —Elizabeth Blair Lee (1818–?)

    “After the planes unloaded, we fell down
    Buried together, unmarried men and women;”
    —Robert Lowell (1917–1977)