fiell

• fyll, feall, fell, fyl

From Proto-Germanic *falla- (“a fall”), from Proto-Germanic *fallaną (“to fall”), from Proto-Indo-European *pol- (“to fall”). Akin to Old Frisian fal, fel (“a fall”), Old Saxon fal (“a fall”), Old High German fal (“a fall”), Old English feallan (“fall”).

• IPA^(key): /fiy̯ll/

fiell m or n

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

(masc.)

(neut.)

• English fall