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bookfell

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From Middle English bocfel (“parchment”), from Old English bōcfell (“parchment, vellum”), equivalent to book + fell. Cognate with Old High German buohfel, puohfell (“parchment”), Middle High German buohvël (“parchment”), Old Norse bókfell (“parchment”).

noun bookfells

  1. obsolete A skin prepared for writing upon; a sheet of vellum or parchment; paper.
  2. obsolete A vellum or parchment manuscript. Write this on a bookfell or parchment so long that it may embrace the head on the outside, and hang it on the neck of the man who needs it; it will soon be well with him.

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"bookfell." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bookfell. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{bookfell_2026,
  title = {bookfell},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bookfell},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}