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(fā)

noun

a fairy

Origin: ME faie < OFr fée < VL fata, one of the Fates < L fatum: see fate

noun

Archaic faith: used in oaths

Origin: ME fei < OFr: see faith

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Shipbuilding to fit closely or exactly; join

Origin: ME feien < OE fegan, to join, fit, akin to fæger, fair

or Faye

noun

a feminine name

Origin: < ? ME faie (see fay) or ? ME fei, fay

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tr. & intr.v. fayed, fay·ing, fays

To join or fit closely or tightly.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English feien

Origin: , from Old English fēgan; see pag- in Indo-European roots

noun

A fairy or an elf.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English faie, enchanted person or place

Origin: , from Old French fae; see fairy

noun
Archaic

Faith: “Sirrah, by my fay, it waxes late” (Shakespeare).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English fai

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman fei, fed; see faith

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