Fay meaning

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Faith.
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A fairy.
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To join or fit closely or tightly.
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A fairy or an elf.
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Faith.
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To fit closely or exactly; join.
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A feminine name.
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To fit.
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To join or unite closely or tightly.
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To lie close together.
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To fadge.
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(dialectal) To cleanse; clean out.
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A fairy; an elf.
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(US slang) A white person.
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(US slang) White.
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An English surname​, originally a nickname from "faith, loyalty" or "a fairy".
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An Irish surname​, anglicized from Ó Fiaich and Ó Fathaigh.
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A female given name, pet form of Faith or Frances; often used as a middle name.
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Origin of fay

From Middle English feyen, feien, from Old English fēġan (“to join, unite”), from Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną (“to join”), from Proto-Germanic *fōgō (“joint, slot”), from Proto-Indo-European *paḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Akin to Old Frisian fōgia (“to join”), Old Saxon fōgian (“to join”), Middle Low German fögen (“to join, add”), Dutch voegen (“to add, place”), Old High German fuogen (“to connect”) (German fügen (“to connect”)), Old English fōn (“to catch”). More at fang.

Sentence Examples

  • This fay by enchantment built the castle of Lusignan for her husband.

  • gelatin silver prints by Fay Godwin.

  • The first 28 books detail the brother and sister team as they work to free the Arthurian character Morgan le Fay from a spell, solve ancient riddles and save old stories from being lost.

  • Poetry and belles lettres still o e continued to occupy the chief place in the native literature, la8nguage 1 but under Kazinczy and his immediate followers Berzsenyi, 807- Kolcsey, Fay and others, a correctness of style and ex- 1830).

  • 16-17, July 24-25, September 25-28, October 30), and on the 1 5th of January 1777 adopted a declaration of independence, assumed the name New Connecticut and appointed Dr Jonas Fay (1 737 -, 818), Thomas Chittenden (1730-1797), Hemon Allen (1740-1788), Dr Reuben Jones and Jacob Bayley a committee to submit their proceedings to the Continental Congress.

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