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:

    “I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day.
    What hours, O what black hours we have spent
    This night!”
    —Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)

    “Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition,
    By that sin fell the angels; how can man then,
    The image of his maker, hope to win by it?”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Dominique Ballon: You fell off the sofa, you stupid idiot.
    Inspector Clouseau: I know I fell off the sofa, Madame. There’s no need to tell me—everything I do is carefully planned, Madame.”
    —Blake Edwards (b. 1922)