Fay definition
Faith.
noun
(literary) A fairy.
noun
A fairy or an elf.
noun
(archaic) Faith.
noun
To join or fit closely or tightly.
verb
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(shipbuilding) To fit closely or exactly; join.
verb
(person, proper) A feminine name.
noun
To lie close together.
verb
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Noun
Singular:
fay
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faysOrigin of fay
- Middle English faie enchanted person or place from Old French fae fairy
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English feien from Old English fēgan pag- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English fai from Anglo-Norman fei, fed faith
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- 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.
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- From Middle English fegien, fæien (“to cleanse”), from Old Norse fægja (“to cleanse, polish”), from Proto-Germanic *fēgijaną (“to decorate, make beautiful”), from Proto-Indo-European *pōḱ-, *pēḱ- (“to clean, adorn”). Cognate with Swedish feja (“to sweep”), Danish feje (“to sweep”), German fegen (“to cleanse, scour, sweep”), Dutch vegen (“to sweep, strike”). More at feague, fake, fair.
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- Abbreviation of ofay.
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