Fell vs. Falled — What's the Difference?

A fell (from Old Norse fell, fjall, "mountain") is a high and barren landscape feature, such as a mountain or moor-covered hill. The term is most often employed in Norway, Fennoscandia, the Isle of Man, parts of northern England, and Scotland.

(nonstandard) fall

Cut down (a tree)

Stitch down (the edge of a seam) to lie flat

An amount of timber cut.

A hill or stretch of high moorland, especially in northern England

An animal's hide or skin with its hair.

Of terrible evil or ferocity; deadly

To cause to fall by striking; cut or knock down

To kill

To sew or finish (a seam) with the raw edges flattened, turned under, and stitched down.

Past tense of fall.

The timber cut down in one season.

A felled seam.

The hide of an animal; a pelt.

A thin membrane directly beneath the hide.

Chiefly British An upland stretch of open country; a moor.

A barren or stony hill.

Of an inhumanly cruel nature; fierce

Capable of destroying; lethal

Dire; sinister

(Scots) Sharp and biting.

(transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.

(transitive) To strike down, kill, destroy.

(sewing) To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.

A cutting-down of timber.

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.

(textiles) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

An animal skin, hide, pelt.

Human skin now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense.

A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.

A wild field or upland moor.

Anger; gall; melancholy.

Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.

Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent

Very large; huge.

(obsolete) Eager; earnest; intent.

Sharply; fiercely.

Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.

Eager; earnest; intent.

Gall; anger; melancholy.

A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; - used chiefly in composition, as woolfell.

A barren or rocky hill.

A wild field; a moor.

The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting.

A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses.

The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down.

To sew or hem; - said of seams.

The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

Seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges

The act of felling something (as a tree)

Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow;

Pass away rapidly;

Sew a seam by folding the edges

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering;