Fell

Insidious Rex · 02-07-2003, 11:59 PM

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.

Wayfarer · 02-08-2003, 12:04 AM

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.

Lizra · 02-08-2003, 12:08 AM

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!

Insidious Rex · 02-08-2003, 12:12 AM

*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?

Elvellyn · 02-08-2003, 12:17 AM

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!

Insidious Rex · 02-08-2003, 12:23 AM

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.

afro-elf · 02-08-2003, 12:34 AM

I think they got it from www.dictionary.com

it means deadly

Wayfarer · 02-08-2003, 12:35 AM

How about "Don't talk to me, I'm in a fell mood today."

Insidious Rex · 02-08-2003, 12:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by afro-elf
I think they got it from www.dictionary.com

it means deadly

oh yeah. I tried that but after the first 50 or so definitions I quit reading.

hobinator · 02-08-2003, 02:23 AM

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]

Lalaith · 02-08-2003, 05:51 AM

In german the word Fell means the coat of an animal.

Lizra · 02-08-2003, 10:07 AM

Oh no!

"www.dictionary.com"!

Does this mean I'm going to kiss this gigantic "The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language" that was given to me when I started college in 1975 goodbye!!

The old ways die hard, but I practically throw my back out everytime I pick it up. (which is often considering my spelling skills) It suppose it will always make a good footrest!

Insidious Rex · 02-08-2003, 01:33 PM

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.

Insidious Rex · 02-08-2003, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Wayfarer
How about "Don't talk to me, I'm in a fell mood today."

Wayfarer you should just go ahead and put this in your signature from what Ive noticed. Especially when Narsil's Master is around.

hobinator · 02-08-2003, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Insidious Rex
hobinator: that was a pretty impresive display of vocabulary brain storming. Im guessing yer into crossword puzzles too.

i do a crossword puzzle at school everyday, but i got all that from an online dictionary

samwise of the shire · 02-08-2003, 04:21 PM

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"

That didn't work either.
Farewell my friends,
Sam
ps.

Quote:

3.fell~ past of fall

Shouldn't you smack Elvellyn?

Insidious Rex · 02-08-2003, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by samwise of the shire

quote:
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3.fell~ past of fall
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ps. Shouldn't you smack Elvellyn?

drat she snuck it past me without me noticing.

afro-elf · 02-09-2003, 02:01 AM

Quote:

wouldn't use the word Fell with the word Dude...that's seriously screwed up...wrong usage of the word

You say, " That's one fell dude."

( I know you meant HIS usage)

afro-elf · 02-09-2003, 02:05 AM

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

Wayfarer · 02-09-2003, 04:35 AM

What the fell kind of poetry is that?

02-07-2003, 11:59 PM	#1
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	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. __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

02-08-2003, 12:04 AM	#2
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	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. __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned

02-08-2003, 12:08 AM	#3
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	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! __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats! Last edited by Lizra : 02-08-2003 at 12:09 AM.

02-08-2003, 12:12 AM	#4
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	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? __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

02-08-2003, 12:17 AM	#5
Elvellyn The Redneck Elf Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: In a house Posts: 539	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! __________________ Oliphants make great pets. Last edited by Elvellyn : 02-08-2003 at 12:18 AM.

02-08-2003, 12:23 AM	#6
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	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. __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

02-08-2003, 12:34 AM	#7
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	I think they got it from www.dictionary.com it means deadly __________________ 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.

02-08-2003, 12:35 AM	#8
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	How about "Don't talk to me, I'm in a fell mood today." __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned

02-08-2003, 02:23 AM	#10
hobinator Enting Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 93	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]

02-08-2003, 05:51 AM	#11
Lalaith The Elvish Temptress Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,055	In german the word Fell means the coat of an animal. __________________ What I am and what I would are as secret as maidenhead.

02-08-2003, 10:07 AM	#12
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	Oh no! "www.dictionary.com"! Does this mean I'm going to kiss this gigantic "The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language" that was given to me when I started college in 1975 goodbye!! The old ways die hard, but I practically throw my back out everytime I pick it up. (which is often considering my spelling skills) It suppose it will always make a good footrest! __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats! Last edited by Lizra : 02-08-2003 at 10:09 AM.

02-08-2003, 01:33 PM	#13
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	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. __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

02-09-2003, 02:05 AM	#19
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	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 __________________ 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.

02-09-2003, 04:35 AM	#20
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	What the fell kind of poetry is that? __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned

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