[Loch-Ruadh] Speaking Forsoothly - Daily Lesson 27

[Pádraig Ruad Ó Maolagáin]

"Fell", in this sense, seems more likely to have come from the Old French
word "fel", meaning "cruel or fierce", whereas "foul" comes from the Old
English "ful", meaning "dirty, stinking, vile, corrupt". But then again,
with English, you never know.  ;-)

Padraig
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Pookie wrote:
> Is this where we get "he is in a foul mood" from? The bastardization of
fell
> into foul?
>
> Magdalia/Pook
>
>
> Shakespearian Word/Phrase of the Day:
> Fell - galled, angry, melancholy
> "'Ware the Duke this day; he lost at dice last e'en, and is in a fell
mood."