fiell

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi͜yll/, [fi͜yɫ]

Noun

fiell m (West Saxon)

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

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative fiell fiellas
accusative fiell fiellas
genitive fielles fiella
dative fielle fiellum

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Middle English: fal, val, fall
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