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Quasi Evil
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Fell
Ok this should be an easy one. I need a definition for the word "fell". Now yeah I know generally from usage what it means but I want like an exact definition. Tolkien uses it as an adjective so much but Ive never seen it anywhere else. Is it an English term? And I reserve this question for the never wrong know it all types. You know who you are....
Oh and the first person who responds with "what happens after you trip" gets a smack.
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Fell(2);
1. Of an inhumanly cruel nature; fierce: fell hordes. 2. Capable of destroying; lethal: a fell blow. 3. Dire; sinister: by some fell chance. 4. Scots. Sharp and biting.
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My giant dictionary has this....1."Of an inhumanly cruel nature; fierce; unsparing "fell hordes", 2. Able to destroy; lethal: "a fell blow" 3. Dire; sinister: " by some fell chance" (Medieval latin "fello", wicked person, felon)
Ha ha! we have the same dictionary!
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*laugh* My bait worked. Wayfarer I didnt even have time to pick my toes on that one. Is that from some kind of dictionary or did you just make that up off the top of your head?
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Straight from Webster...
1.fell~1:skin,hide,pelt 2:A thin tough membrane covering a carcass directly under the hide 2.fell~ 1:to cut, to knock or bring down 2:to sew 3.fell~ past of fall 4.fell~all at once; with a single concentrated effort 5.fell~ a high barren field or moor Hope it helps! ![]()
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Thanks all. I was wondering because I actually tried to use it once or twice in normal conversation and of course got really strange looks. Probably because Im not really using it in the proper context. Its hard to fit it in in normal modern day to day conversation. Try it. "Dude, you looked pretty fell after that last shot." No just doesnt have the same ring to it.
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About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer. |
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How about "Don't talk to me, I'm in a fell mood today."
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Here are some definitions I thought were relevant[list=1]
Fell-- Noun--[*]The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)[*]Made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges[*]The act of felling something (as a tree) Verb--[*]Descend in free fall under the influence of gravity[*]Move downward but not necessarily all the way[*]Pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind[*]Come under, be classified or included[*]Suffer defeat, failure, or ruin[*]Die, as in battle or in a hunt[*]Touch or seem as if touching[*]Be captured[*]Occur at a specified time or place[*]Decrease in size, extent, or range[*]Yield to temptation or sin "Adam and Eve fell"[*]Lose office or power[*]To be given by assignment or distribution[*]Move in a specified direction[*]Be due[*]Lose one's chastity[*]To be given by right or inheritance[*]Come into the possession of[*]Be inherited by[*]Drop oneself to a lower or less erect position[*]Fall or flow in a certain way[*]Assume a disappointed or sad expression[*]Be cast down[*]Come out; issue[*]Be born, used chiefly of lambs[*]Begin vigorously[*]As of trees or people[*]Pass away rapidly[*]Sew a seam by folding the edges Adjective--[*](of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering[/list=1] |
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In german the word Fell means the coat of an animal.
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hobinator: that was a pretty impresive display of vocabulary brain storming. Im guessing yer into crossword puzzles too.
Lizra: I almost never use my paper dictionary but I still love the idea of having this huge dusty tomb of a book that you can barely lift to consult once in a while. So dont retire it yet. Just use both.
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I always though fell meant Terrible cause you picture the Nazgul as fell...you know kind of dark and well Terrible...of course I can be in a fell mood before my morning pick up.
![]() Insidious you wouldn't use the word Fell with the word Dude...that's seriously screwed up...wrong usage of the word instead say "My friend, thou lookest fell after thou didst shoot that last shot"....hmmm that does work. How 'bout this " You looked fell after that last shot my friend" ![]() Farewell my friends, Sam ps. Quote:
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About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer. |
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It's in my CURRENT signature
Of typing errors I am a true Baranedhel Lord Dispensing grammar with my fell Elven sword About me a nimbus doth blaze The foundations of syntax I now raze Though I am a lord beyond all badge and stripe I doth proclaim to the world " Damn I can't type
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What the fell kind of poetry is that?
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