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:

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

    “And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Mark 4:4.

    “Commit a crime and the world is made of glass. Commit a crime, and it seems as if a coat of snow fell on the ground, such as reveals in the woods the track of every partridge and fox and squirrel and mole.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)