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the word lurking inside three lives: a verb, a hillside, and pure menace.
means To fell is to cut or knock something down (especially a tree); a fell is a high, barren hill or moor in northern Britain; and fell as an adjective means fierce, cruel, or deadly.
from Three separate words wearing the same coat. The verb 'fell' is the causative of 'fall' — Old English 'fellan,' literally 'to make fall.' The hillside 'fell' comes from Old Norse 'fjall,' a mountain, dropped into northern English by Scandinavian settlers — a cousin of the 'fjell' you'll still find in Norway. The menacing 'fell,' as in 'one fell swoop,' descends from Old French 'fel,' meaning cruel or treacherous — the same root that gives us 'felon.'
- northern hills
- In England a fell is a bare upland moor
- one fell swoop
- Here fell means cruel, fierce, deadly
- tree's past
- Past tense of fall and verb for chopping
- fell runners
- They race up brutal mountainsides for fun
- shared root
- The cruel fell links to felon
fell pony — hardy breed native to the lake district fells of northern england, recognized since medieval times
fell running — sport of racing up and down british mountains, with championships held annually since 1905
pennine way fell section — 268-mile hiking trail through english fells from kirk yetholm to edale, established 1965