fiell

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Old English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a merger of Proto-West Germanic *falli and *fall, from Proto-Germanic *falliz and *fallaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /fi͜yll/, [fi͜yɫ]

Noun[edit]

fiell m (West Saxon)

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

Declension[edit]

Declension of fiell (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative fiell fiellas
accusative fiell fiellas
genitive fielles fiella
dative fielle fiellum

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Descendants[edit]

  • Middle English: fal, val, fall
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