"fell" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /fɛl/ Audio: en-us-fell.ogg [US] Forms: feller [comparative], fellest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: From Middle English fel, fell (“strong, fierce, terrible, cruel, angry”), from Old English *fel, *felo, *fæle (“cruel, savage, fierce”) (only in compounds, wælfel (“bloodthirsty”), ealfelo (“evil, baleful”), ælfæle (“very dire”), etc.), from Proto-West Germanic *fali, *falu, from Proto-Germanic *faluz (“wicked, cruel, terrifying”), from Proto-Indo-European *pol- (“to pour, flow, swim, fly”). Cognate with Old Frisian fal (“cruel”), Middle Dutch fel (“wrathful, cruel, bad, base”), German Low German fell (“rash, swift”), Danish fæl (“disgusting, hideous, ghastly, grim”). Compare also Middle High German vālant (“imp”). See felon. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fel}} Middle English fel, {{m|enm|fell|t=strong, fierce, terrible, cruel, angry}} fell (“strong, fierce, terrible, cruel, angry”), {{inh|en|ang|*fel}} Old English *fel, {{m|ang|*felo}} *felo, {{m|ang|*fæle|t=cruel, savage, fierce}} *fæle (“cruel, savage, fierce”), {{l|ang|wælfel|wælfel|gloss=bloodthirsty}} wælfel (“bloodthirsty”), {{l|ang|ealfelu|ealfelo|gloss=evil, baleful}} ealfelo (“evil, baleful”), {{l|ang|ælfæle|ælfæle|gloss=very dire}} ælfæle (“very dire”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*fali}} Proto-West Germanic *fali, {{m|gmw-pro|*falu}} *falu, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*faluz|t=wicked, cruel, terrifying}} Proto-Germanic *faluz (“wicked, cruel, terrifying”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*pol-|t=to pour, flow, swim, fly}} Proto-Indo-European *pol- (“to pour, flow, swim, fly”), {{cog|ofs|fal|t=cruel}} Old Frisian fal (“cruel”), {{cog|dum|fel|t=wrathful, cruel, bad, base}} Middle Dutch fel (“wrathful, cruel, bad, base”), {{cog|nds-de|fell|t=rash, swift}} German Low German fell (“rash, swift”), {{cog|da|fæl|t=disgusting, hideous, ghastly, grim}} Danish fæl (“disgusting, hideous, ghastly, grim”), {{cog|gmh|vālant|t=imp}} Middle High German vālant (“imp”), {{m|en|felon}} felon Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} fell (comparative feller, superlative fellest)
  1. Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage. Translations (of a strong and cruel nature): hirveä (Finnish), grym (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fell-en-adj-XHfuKZWv Categories (other): Old English links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of Old English links with redundant target parameters: 11 27 29 25 8 Disambiguation of 'of a strong and cruel nature': 88 8 1 2
  2. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal Translations (strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent): ärhäkkä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fell-en-adj-Hm8CZYeA Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, Old English links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of Old English links with redundant target parameters: 11 27 29 25 8 Disambiguation of 'strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent': 4 87 1 8
  3. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Very large; huge. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal Translations (very large; huge): suunnaton (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fell-en-adj-SD3A6NnL Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, Old English links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of Old English links with redundant target parameters: 11 27 29 25 8 Disambiguation of 'very large; huge': 0 0 99 0
  4. (obsolete) Eager; earnest; intent. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Kilts Translations (eager; earnest; intent): sitoutunut (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fell-en-adj-f9lFJIKo Disambiguation of Kilts: 4 6 4 10 2 0 9 7 0 10 2 2 6 2 0 8 9 9 9 Categories (other): Old English links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of Old English links with redundant target parameters: 11 27 29 25 8 Disambiguation of 'eager; earnest; intent': 9 6 0 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Adverb

IPA: /fɛl/ Audio: en-us-fell.ogg [US] Forms: more fell [comparative], most fell [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: From Middle English fel, fell (“strong, fierce, terrible, cruel, angry”), from Old English *fel, *felo, *fæle (“cruel, savage, fierce”) (only in compounds, wælfel (“bloodthirsty”), ealfelo (“evil, baleful”), ælfæle (“very dire”), etc.), from Proto-West Germanic *fali, *falu, from Proto-Germanic *faluz (“wicked, cruel, terrifying”), from Proto-Indo-European *pol- (“to pour, flow, swim, fly”). Cognate with Old Frisian fal (“cruel”), Middle Dutch fel (“wrathful, cruel, bad, base”), German Low German fell (“rash, swift”), Danish fæl (“disgusting, hideous, ghastly, grim”). Compare also Middle High German vālant (“imp”). See felon. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fel}} Middle English fel, {{m|enm|fell|t=strong, fierce, terrible, cruel, angry}} fell (“strong, fierce, terrible, cruel, angry”), {{inh|en|ang|*fel}} Old English *fel, {{m|ang|*felo}} *felo, {{m|ang|*fæle|t=cruel, savage, fierce}} *fæle (“cruel, savage, fierce”), {{l|ang|wælfel|wælfel|gloss=bloodthirsty}} wælfel (“bloodthirsty”), {{l|ang|ealfelu|ealfelo|gloss=evil, baleful}} ealfelo (“evil, baleful”), {{l|ang|ælfæle|ælfæle|gloss=very dire}} ælfæle (“very dire”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*fali}} Proto-West Germanic *fali, {{m|gmw-pro|*falu}} *falu, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*faluz|t=wicked, cruel, terrifying}} Proto-Germanic *faluz (“wicked, cruel, terrifying”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*pol-|t=to pour, flow, swim, fly}} Proto-Indo-European *pol- (“to pour, flow, swim, fly”), {{cog|ofs|fal|t=cruel}} Old Frisian fal (“cruel”), {{cog|dum|fel|t=wrathful, cruel, bad, base}} Middle Dutch fel (“wrathful, cruel, bad, base”), {{cog|nds-de|fell|t=rash, swift}} German Low German fell (“rash, swift”), {{cog|da|fæl|t=disgusting, hideous, ghastly, grim}} Danish fæl (“disgusting, hideous, ghastly, grim”), {{cog|gmh|vālant|t=imp}} Middle High German vālant (“imp”), {{m|en|felon}} felon Head templates: {{en-adv}} fell (comparative more fell, superlative most fell)
  1. Sharply; fiercely. Derived forms: fellness
    Sense id: en-fell-en-adv-MYJ7oJAR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Noun

IPA: /fɛl/ Audio: en-us-fell.ogg [US] Forms: fells [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: From Middle English fellen, from Old English fellan, fiellan (“to cause to fall, strike down, fell, cut down, throw down, defeat, destroy, kill, tumble, cause to stumble”), from Proto-West Germanic *fallijan, from Proto-Germanic *fallijaną (“to fell, to cause to fall”), causative of Proto-Germanic *fallaną (“to fall”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂peh₃lH-. Cognate with Dutch vellen (“to fell, cut down”), German fällen (“to fell”), Danish fælde (“to fell”), Norwegian felle (“to fell”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fellen}} Middle English fellen, {{inh|en|ang|fellan}} Old English fellan, {{m|ang|fiellan|t=to cause to fall, strike down, fell, cut down, throw down, defeat, destroy, kill, tumble, cause to stumble}} fiellan (“to cause to fall, strike down, fell, cut down, throw down, defeat, destroy, kill, tumble, cause to stumble”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*fallijan}} Proto-West Germanic *fallijan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*fallijaną|t=to fell, to cause to fall}} Proto-Germanic *fallijaną (“to fell, to cause to fall”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*fallaną|t=to fall}} Proto-Germanic *fallaną (“to fall”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₃elh₁-|*h₂peh₃lH-}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂peh₃lH-, {{cog|nl|vellen|t=to fell, cut down}} Dutch vellen (“to fell, cut down”), {{cog|de|fällen|t=to fell}} German fällen (“to fell”), {{cog|da|fælde|t=to fell}} Danish fælde (“to fell”), {{cog|no|felle|t=to fell}} Norwegian felle (“to fell”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fell (plural fells)
  1. A cutting-down of timber. Translations (cutting-down of timber): hakkuu (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fell-en-noun-axWfUziC Disambiguation of 'cutting-down of timber': 100 0 0
  2. The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down. Categories (topical): Kilts
    Sense id: en-fell-en-noun-LL2BXE5n Disambiguation of Kilts: 4 6 4 10 2 0 9 7 0 10 2 2 6 2 0 8 9 9 9
  3. (textiles) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft. Categories (topical): Textiles
    Sense id: en-fell-en-noun-MjYTHfx1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 6 8 4 0 2 10 0 3 4 4 3 5 0 2 11 13 13 Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fell stitch
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /fɛl/ Audio: en-us-fell.ogg [US] Forms: fells [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: From Middle English fell, fel, vel, from Old English fel, fell (“hide, skin, pelt”), from Proto-West Germanic *fell, from Proto-Germanic *fellą, from Proto-Indo-European *pél-no- (“skin, animal hide”). See also West Frisian fel, Dutch vel, German Fell, Latin pellis (“skin”), Lithuanian plėnė (“skin”), Russian плена́ (plená, “pelt”), Albanian plah (“to cover”), Ancient Greek πέλλᾱς (péllās, “skin”). Related to film, felt, pell, and pelt. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pel- (skin)}}, {{inh|en|enm|fell}} Middle English fell, {{m|enm|fel}} fel, {{m|enm|vel}} vel, {{inh|en|ang|fel}} Old English fel, {{m|ang|fell|t=hide, skin, pelt}} fell (“hide, skin, pelt”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*fell}} Proto-West Germanic *fell, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*fellą}} Proto-Germanic *fellą, {{der|en|ine-pro|*pel-|*pél-no-|skin, animal hide}} Proto-Indo-European *pél-no- (“skin, animal hide”), {{cog|fy|fel}} West Frisian fel, {{cog|nl|vel}} Dutch vel, {{cog|de|Fell}} German Fell, {{cog|la|pellis||skin}} Latin pellis (“skin”), {{cog|lt|plėnė||skin}} Lithuanian plėnė (“skin”), {{cog|ru|плена́||pelt}} Russian плена́ (plená, “pelt”), {{cog|sq|plah||to cover}} Albanian plah (“to cover”), {{cog|grc|πέλλᾱς||skin}} Ancient Greek πέλλᾱς (péllās, “skin”), {{m|en|film}} film, {{m|en|felt}} felt, {{m|en|pell}} pell, {{m|en|pelt}} pelt Head templates: {{en-noun}} fell (plural fells)
  1. An animal skin, hide, pelt. Translations (animal hide): козина (kozina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), руно (runo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), talja (Finnish), vuota (Finnish), fell [masculine] (Norwegian), fäll [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fell-en-noun-en:pelt Disambiguation of 'animal hide': 100 0
  2. Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense). Categories (topical): Kilts
    Sense id: en-fell-en-noun-ixOMslcu Disambiguation of Kilts: 4 6 4 10 2 0 9 7 0 10 2 2 6 2 0 8 9 9 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fellmaker
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /fɛl/ Audio: en-us-fell.ogg [US] Forms: fells [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: From Middle English fell, felle (“hill, mountain”), from Old Norse fell, fjall (“rock, mountain”), compare Norwegian Bokmål fjell 'mountain', Danish fjeld 'mountain', from Proto-Germanic *felzą, *fel(e)zaz, *falisaz (compare German Felsen 'boulder, cliff', Middle Low German vels 'hill, mountain'), from Proto-Indo-European *pels-; compare Irish aill (“boulder, cliff”), Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla, “stone”), Pashto پرښه (parṣ̌a, “rock, rocky ledge”), Sanskrit पाषाण (pāṣāṇa, “stone”). Doublet of fjeld. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fell}} Middle English fell, {{m|enm|felle|t=hill, mountain}} felle (“hill, mountain”), {{der|en|non|fell}} Old Norse fell, {{m|non|fjall||rock, mountain}} fjall (“rock, mountain”), {{cog|nb|fjell}} Norwegian Bokmål fjell, {{cog|da|fjeld}} Danish fjeld, {{der|en|gem-pro|*felzą}} Proto-Germanic *felzą, {{m|gem-pro|*fel(e)zaz}} *fel(e)zaz, {{m|gem-pro|*falisaz}} *falisaz, {{cog|de|Felsen}} German Felsen, {{cog|gml|vels}} Middle Low German vels, {{der|en|ine-pro|*pels-}} Proto-Indo-European *pels-, {{cog|ga|aill||boulder, cliff}} Irish aill (“boulder, cliff”), {{cog|grc|πέλλα|t=stone}} Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla, “stone”), {{cog|ps|پرښه||rock, rocky ledge|tr=parṣ̌a}} Pashto پرښه (parṣ̌a, “rock, rocky ledge”), {{cog|sa|पाषाण||stone}} Sanskrit पाषाण (pāṣāṇa, “stone”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fell (plural fells)
  1. (archaic outside Northern England, Scotland) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains. Tags: Scotland Translations (rocky ridge): скалист склон (skalist sklon) [masculine] (Bulgarian), tunturi (Finnish), kukkula (Finnish), mäki (Finnish), fell [neuter] (Icelandic), fjall [neuter] (Icelandic), fjell [neuter] (Norwegian), fjäll [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fell-en-noun-en:ridge Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English Disambiguation of 'rocky ridge': 96 4
  2. (archaic outside Northern England, Scotland) A wild field or upland moor. Tags: Scotland Translations (wild field or upland moor): hed (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fell-en-noun-JygW0gcL Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English Disambiguation of 'wild field or upland moor': 1 99
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Derived forms: Campsie Fells, fellfield, fell runner, fell running, Low Fell
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /fɛl/ Audio: en-us-fell.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: Perhaps from Latin fel (“gall, poison, bitterness”), or more probably from the adjective above. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|fel||gall, poison, bitterness}} Latin fel (“gall, poison, bitterness”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} fell (uncountable)
  1. (obsolete, rare) Anger; gall; melancholy. Tags: obsolete, rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fell-en-noun-JMavvKfI
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Etymology number: 5

Noun

IPA: /fɛl/ Audio: en-us-fell.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛl Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} fell
  1. (mining) The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting. Categories (topical): Mining
    Sense id: en-fell-en-noun-dzP2Hgzh Topics: business, mining
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 6

Verb

IPA: /fɛl/ Audio: en-us-fell.ogg [US] Forms: fells [present, singular, third-person], felling [participle, present], felled [participle, past], felled [past]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: From Middle English fellen, from Old English fellan, fiellan (“to cause to fall, strike down, fell, cut down, throw down, defeat, destroy, kill, tumble, cause to stumble”), from Proto-West Germanic *fallijan, from Proto-Germanic *fallijaną (“to fell, to cause to fall”), causative of Proto-Germanic *fallaną (“to fall”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂peh₃lH-. Cognate with Dutch vellen (“to fell, cut down”), German fällen (“to fell”), Danish fælde (“to fell”), Norwegian felle (“to fell”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fellen}} Middle English fellen, {{inh|en|ang|fellan}} Old English fellan, {{m|ang|fiellan|t=to cause to fall, strike down, fell, cut down, throw down, defeat, destroy, kill, tumble, cause to stumble}} fiellan (“to cause to fall, strike down, fell, cut down, throw down, defeat, destroy, kill, tumble, cause to stumble”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*fallijan}} Proto-West Germanic *fallijan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*fallijaną|t=to fell, to cause to fall}} Proto-Germanic *fallijaną (“to fell, to cause to fall”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*fallaną|t=to fall}} Proto-Germanic *fallaną (“to fall”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₃elh₁-|*h₂peh₃lH-}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂peh₃lH-, {{cog|nl|vellen|t=to fell, cut down}} Dutch vellen (“to fell, cut down”), {{cog|de|fällen|t=to fell}} German fällen (“to fell”), {{cog|da|fælde|t=to fell}} Danish fælde (“to fell”), {{cog|no|felle|t=to fell}} Norwegian felle (“to fell”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} fell (third-person singular simple present fells, present participle felling, simple past and past participle felled)
  1. (transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree. Tags: transitive Translations (to make something fall): повалям (povaljam) (Bulgarian), събарям (sǎbarjam) (Bulgarian), kácet (Czech), skácet (Czech), fælde (Danish), vellen (Dutch), dehaki (Esperanto), fella (Faroese), kaataa (Finnish), hakata (Finnish), abattre (French), faire tomber (French), fällen (German), kivág (Hungarian), kidönt (Hungarian), ledönt (Hungarian), leikata (Ingrian), abbattere (Italian), whakahinga (Maori), fellan [Anglian] (Old English), fiellan [West-Saxon] (Old English), انداختن (andâxtan) (Persian), به زمین زدن (beh zamin zadan) (Persian), abater (Portuguese), derrubar (Portuguese), вали́ть (valítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), повали́ть (povalítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), poraziť (Slovak), talar (Spanish), cortar (Spanish), fälla (Swedish), зруба́ти (zrubáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), зру́бувати (zrúbuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-fell-en-verb-YIfaNS7z Disambiguation of 'to make something fall': 88 11 1
  2. (transitive) To strike down, kill, destroy. Tags: transitive Translations (to strike down, kill, destroy): fælde (Danish), kaataa (Finnish), leterít (Hungarian), leüt (Hungarian), zabić [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-fell-en-verb-BperV5dD Disambiguation of 'to strike down, kill, destroy': 4 93 3
  3. (sewing) To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat. Categories (topical): Sewing, Geography, Kilts Translations (sewing: to stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat): päärmätä (Finnish), beszeg (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-fell-en-verb-SUt9IyxS Disambiguation of Geography: 4 5 5 8 4 1 3 9 1 3 4 4 4 5 1 3 10 14 14 Disambiguation of Kilts: 4 6 4 10 2 0 9 7 0 10 2 2 6 2 0 8 9 9 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 6 8 4 0 2 10 0 3 4 4 3 5 0 2 11 13 13 Topics: business, manufacturing, sewing, textiles Disambiguation of 'sewing: to stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat': 3 7 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: little strokes fell great oaks
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /fɛl/ Audio: en-us-fell.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛl Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} fell
  1. simple past of fall Tags: form-of, past Form of: fall Categories (topical): Geography, Kilts
    Sense id: en-fell-en-verb-tA7Dbv11 Disambiguation of Geography: 4 5 5 8 4 1 3 9 1 3 4 4 4 5 1 3 10 14 14 Disambiguation of Kilts: 4 6 4 10 2 0 9 7 0 10 2 2 6 2 0 8 9 9 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Old Norse entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 6 8 4 0 2 10 0 3 4 4 3 5 0 2 11 13 13 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 4 5 6 7 4 0 2 8 0 3 4 4 5 5 1 2 8 21 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 7 8 6 4 0 2 7 0 3 5 5 5 7 1 2 7 17 11 Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 5 6 5 2 0 1 6 0 2 4 4 2 4 0 1 6 13 10 1 8 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 5 1
  2. (now colloquial) past participle of fall Tags: colloquial, form-of, participle, past Form of: fall Categories (topical): Geography, Kilts
    Sense id: en-fell-en-verb-1Jqz3T9u Disambiguation of Geography: 4 5 5 8 4 1 3 9 1 3 4 4 4 5 1 3 10 14 14 Disambiguation of Kilts: 4 6 4 10 2 0 9 7 0 10 2 2 6 2 0 8 9 9 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 6 8 4 0 2 10 0 3 4 4 3 5 0 2 11 13 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 7

Inflected forms

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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*pel-",
        "4": "*pél-no-",
        "5": "skin, animal hide"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pél-no- (“skin, animal hide”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "fel"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian fel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "vel"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch vel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Fell"
      },
      "expansion": "German Fell",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pellis",
        "3": "",
        "4": "skin"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin pellis (“skin”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "plėnė",
        "3": "",
        "4": "skin"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian plėnė (“skin”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "плена́",
        "3": "",
        "4": "pelt"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian плена́ (plená, “pelt”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "plah",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to cover"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian plah (“to cover”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "πέλλᾱς",
        "3": "",
        "4": "skin"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek πέλλᾱς (péllās, “skin”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "film"
      },
      "expansion": "film",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "felt"
      },
      "expansion": "felt",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pell"
      },
      "expansion": "pell",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pelt"
      },
      "expansion": "pelt",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English fell, fel, vel, from Old English fel, fell (“hide, skin, pelt”), from Proto-West Germanic *fell, from Proto-Germanic *fellą, from Proto-Indo-European *pél-no- (“skin, animal hide”).\nSee also West Frisian fel, Dutch vel, German Fell, Latin pellis (“skin”), Lithuanian plėnė (“skin”), Russian плена́ (plená, “pelt”), Albanian plah (“to cover”), Ancient Greek πέλλᾱς (péllās, “skin”). Related to film, felt, pell, and pelt.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fells",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "fell (plural fells)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An animal skin, hide, pelt."
      ],
      "id": "en-fell-en-noun-en:pelt",
      "links": [
        [
          "skin",
          "skin"
        ],
        [
          "hide",
          "hide"
        ],
        [
          "pelt",
          "pelt"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:pelt"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kozina",
          "sense": "animal hide",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "козина"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "runo",
          "sense": "animal hide",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "руно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "animal hide",
          "word": "talja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "animal hide",
          "word": "vuota"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "animal hide",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fell"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "animal hide",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "fäll"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "4 6 4 10 2 0 9 7 0 10 2 2 6 2 0 8 9 9 9",
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Kilts",
          "orig": "en:Kilts",
          "parents": [
            "Clothing",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1390, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section I",
          "text": "For he is fader of feith · fourmed ȝow alle / Bothe with fel and with face.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense)."
      ],
      "id": "en-fell-en-noun-ixOMslcu"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/fɛl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛl"
    },
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  ],
  "word": "fell"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Campsie Fells"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fellfield"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fell runner"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fell running"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Low Fell"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "fell"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English fell",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "felle",
        "t": "hill, mountain"
      },
      "expansion": "felle (“hill, mountain”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "fell"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse fell",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "fjall",
        "3": "",
        "4": "rock, mountain"
      },
      "expansion": "fjall (“rock, mountain”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "fjell"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål fjell",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "fjeld"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish fjeld",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*felzą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *felzą",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*fel(e)zaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*fel(e)zaz",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*falisaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*falisaz",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Felsen"
      },
      "expansion": "German Felsen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "vels"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German vels",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*pels-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pels-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "aill",
        "3": "",
        "4": "boulder, cliff"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish aill (“boulder, cliff”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "πέλλα",
        "t": "stone"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla, “stone”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ps",
        "2": "پرښه",
        "3": "",
        "4": "rock, rocky ledge",
        "tr": "parṣ̌a"
      },
      "expansion": "Pashto پرښه (parṣ̌a, “rock, rocky ledge”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "पाषाण",
        "3": "",
        "4": "stone"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit पाषाण (pāṣāṇa, “stone”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English fell, felle (“hill, mountain”), from Old Norse fell, fjall (“rock, mountain”), compare Norwegian Bokmål fjell 'mountain', Danish fjeld 'mountain', from Proto-Germanic *felzą, *fel(e)zaz, *falisaz (compare German Felsen 'boulder, cliff', Middle Low German vels 'hill, mountain'), from Proto-Indo-European *pels-; compare Irish aill (“boulder, cliff”), Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla, “stone”), Pashto پرښه (parṣ̌a, “rock, rocky ledge”), Sanskrit पाषाण (pāṣāṇa, “stone”). Doublet of fjeld.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fells",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "fell (plural fells)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Northern England English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1886, Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr, The Squire of Sandal-Side : A Pastoral Romance",
          "text": "Every now and then the sea calls some farmer or shepherd, and the restless drop in his veins gives him no peace till he has found his way over the hills and fells to the port of Whitehaven, and gone back to the cradling bosom that rocked his ancestors.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1937, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit",
          "text": "The dwarves of yore made mighty spells, / While hammers fell like ringing bells, / In places deep, where dark things sleep, / In hollow halls beneath the fells.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1970, James Herriot, If Only They Could Talk",
          "text": "I got out and from where I stood, high at the head, I could see all of the strangely formed cleft in the hills, its steep sides grooved and furrowed by countless streams feeding the boisterous Halden Beck which tumbled over its rocky bed far below. Down there, were trees and some cultivated fields, but immediately behind me the wild country came crowding in on the bowl where the farmhouse lay. Halsten Pike, Alstang, Birnside—the huge fells with their barbarous names were very near.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1971, Catherine Cookson, The Dwelling Place",
          "text": "She didn't know at first why she stepped off the road and climbed the bank on to the fells; it wasn't until she found herself skirting a disused quarry that she realised where she was making for, and when she reached the place she stood and gazed at it. It was a hollow within an outcrop of rock, not large enough to call a cave but deep enough to shelter eight people from the rain, and with room to spare.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A rocky ridge or chain of mountains."
      ],
      "id": "en-fell-en-noun-en:ridge",
      "links": [
        [
          "mountain",
          "mountain"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "archaic outside Northern England",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic outside Northern England, Scotland) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:ridge"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "skalist sklon",
          "sense": "rocky ridge",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "скалист склон"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "rocky ridge",
          "word": "tunturi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "rocky ridge",
          "word": "kukkula"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "rocky ridge",
          "word": "mäki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "rocky ridge",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "fell"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "rocky ridge",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "fjall"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "rocky ridge",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "fjell"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "rocky ridge",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "fjäll"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Northern England English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 11 p. 174",
          "text": "As over Holt and Heath, as thorough Frith and Fell;",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1948 March and April, O. S. Nock, “Scottish Night Mails of the L.M.S.R.—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 77",
          "text": "The night continued beautifully clear and fine, and as we came into the fell country the outlines of the hills showed up dark against the starlit sky.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57",
          "text": "And there are few better ways to enjoy the rugged bleakness of the fells than from a nice warm train, especially when the weather's constantly changing as the day slips away.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 June 29, Metro, London, page 15, column 3",
          "text": "An artist dubbed the Borrowdale Banksy has created this slate work on a Lake District fell after past efforts were vandalised.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A wild field or upland moor."
      ],
      "id": "en-fell-en-noun-JygW0gcL",
      "links": [
        [
          "field",
          "field"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "archaic outside Northern England",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic outside Northern England, Scotland) A wild field or upland moor."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "wild field or upland moor",
          "word": "hed"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɛl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-fell.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/47/En-us-fell.ogg/En-us-fell.ogg.mp3",
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}

{
  "etymology_number": 4,
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "fel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English fel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fell",
        "t": "strong, fierce, terrible, cruel, angry"
      },
      "expansion": "fell (“strong, fierce, terrible, cruel, angry”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "*fel"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English *fel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "*felo"
      },
      "expansion": "*felo",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "*fæle",
        "t": "cruel, savage, fierce"
      },
      "expansion": "*fæle (“cruel, savage, fierce”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "wælfel",
        "3": "wælfel",
        "gloss": "bloodthirsty"
      },
      "expansion": "wælfel (“bloodthirsty”)",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ealfelu",
        "3": "ealfelo",
        "gloss": "evil, baleful"
      },
      "expansion": "ealfelo (“evil, baleful”)",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ælfæle",
        "3": "ælfæle",
        "gloss": "very dire"
      },
      "expansion": "ælfæle (“very dire”)",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*fali"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fali",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*falu"
      },
      "expansion": "*falu",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*faluz",
        "t": "wicked, cruel, terrifying"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *faluz (“wicked, cruel, terrifying”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*pol-",
        "t": "to pour, flow, swim, fly"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pol- (“to pour, flow, swim, fly”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "fal",
        "t": "cruel"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian fal (“cruel”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "fel",
        "t": "wrathful, cruel, bad, base"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch fel (“wrathful, cruel, bad, base”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "fell",
        "t": "rash, swift"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German fell (“rash, swift”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "fæl",
        "t": "disgusting, hideous, ghastly, grim"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish fæl (“disgusting, hideous, ghastly, grim”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "vālant",
        "t": "imp"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German vālant (“imp”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "felon"
      },
      "expansion": "felon",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English fel, fell (“strong, fierce, terrible, cruel, angry”), from Old English *fel, *felo, *fæle (“cruel, savage, fierce”) (only in compounds, wælfel (“bloodthirsty”), ealfelo (“evil, baleful”), ælfæle (“very dire”), etc.), from Proto-West Germanic *fali, *falu, from Proto-Germanic *faluz (“wicked, cruel, terrifying”), from Proto-Indo-European *pol- (“to pour, flow, swim, fly”). Cognate with Old Frisian fal (“cruel”), Middle Dutch fel (“wrathful, cruel, bad, base”), German Low German fell (“rash, swift”), Danish fæl (“disgusting, hideous, ghastly, grim”). Compare also Middle High German vālant (“imp”). See felon.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "feller",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fellest",
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        "4": "skin"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "roman": "kozina",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "animal hide",
      "word": "vuota"
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      "sense": "animal hide",
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      "word": "fellfield"
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      "word": "fell runner"
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    {
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    {
      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
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    {
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
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    {
      "args": {
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ps",
        "2": "پرښه",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
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        {
          "ref": "1886, Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr, The Squire of Sandal-Side : A Pastoral Romance",
          "text": "Every now and then the sea calls some farmer or shepherd, and the restless drop in his veins gives him no peace till he has found his way over the hills and fells to the port of Whitehaven, and gone back to the cradling bosom that rocked his ancestors.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1937, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit",
          "text": "The dwarves of yore made mighty spells, / While hammers fell like ringing bells, / In places deep, where dark things sleep, / In hollow halls beneath the fells.",
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        {
          "ref": "1970, James Herriot, If Only They Could Talk",
          "text": "I got out and from where I stood, high at the head, I could see all of the strangely formed cleft in the hills, its steep sides grooved and furrowed by countless streams feeding the boisterous Halden Beck which tumbled over its rocky bed far below. Down there, were trees and some cultivated fields, but immediately behind me the wild country came crowding in on the bowl where the farmhouse lay. Halsten Pike, Alstang, Birnside—the huge fells with their barbarous names were very near.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1971, Catherine Cookson, The Dwelling Place",
          "text": "She didn't know at first why she stepped off the road and climbed the bank on to the fells; it wasn't until she found herself skirting a disused quarry that she realised where she was making for, and when she reached the place she stood and gazed at it. It was a hollow within an outcrop of rock, not large enough to call a cave but deep enough to shelter eight people from the rain, and with room to spare.",
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          "ref": "1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 11 p. 174",
          "text": "As over Holt and Heath, as thorough Frith and Fell;",
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        {
          "ref": "1948 March and April, O. S. Nock, “Scottish Night Mails of the L.M.S.R.—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 77",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57",
          "text": "And there are few better ways to enjoy the rugged bleakness of the fells than from a nice warm train, especially when the weather's constantly changing as the day slips away.",
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          "ref": "2023 June 29, Metro, London, page 15, column 3",
          "text": "An artist dubbed the Borrowdale Banksy has created this slate work on a Lake District fell after past efforts were vandalised.",
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      "code": "no",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "hed"
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}

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