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fey
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fe?/
- Rhymes: -e?
- Homophones: fay
Alternative forms
- fay
Etymology 1
From Middle English fey (“fated to die”), from Old English f??e (“doomed to die, timid”), from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz (“cowardly, wicked”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyk-, *peyg- (“ill-meaning, bad”).
Akin to Old Saxon f?gi whence Dutch veeg (“doomed, near death”), Old High German feigi (“appointed for death, ungodly”) whence German feige (“cowardly”), Old Norse feigr (“doomed”) whence the Icelandic feigur (“doomed to die”), Old English f?h (“outlawed, hostile”). More at foe.
Adjective
fey (comparative more fey, superlative most fey)
- (dialectal, archaic or poetic) About to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or violent death.
- 1977, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion:
- Then Fëanor laughed as one fey, and he cried: “None and none! What I have left behind I count now no loss; needless baggage on the road it has proved. Let those that cursed my name, curse me still, and whine their way back to the cages of the Valar! Let the ships burn!”
- 1922, E. R. Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros:
- Surely the Gods have made him fey, having ordained his destruction and our humbling before these Demons.
- 1977, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion:
- (obsolete) Dying; dead.
- (chiefly Scotland, Ireland) Possessing second sight, clairvoyance, or clairaudience.
- Overrefined, affected.
- Strange or otherworldly.
- Spellbound.
Derived terms
- feydom
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English faie, fei (“a place or person possessed with magical properties”), from Middle French feie, fee (“fairy", "fae”). More at fairy.
Adjective
fey (comparative more fey, superlative most fey)
- Magical or fairylike.
Translations
Noun
fey pl (plural only)
- Fairy folk collectively.
Synonyms
- See fairy
See also
- fay
- fae
Anagrams
- Fye, fye
Mapudungun
Pronoun
fey (using Raguileo Alphabet)
- Third-person singular personal pronoun. he, she, it.
See also
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English f??e, from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz.
Alternative forms
- (Early ME) fæie, væie, fæy, fei?e, vai?e, feaye
- feye, fay, faie, veie, veye, faye, fei, vey
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?i?(?)/
- (Southern ME) IPA(key): /?v?i?(?)/
- Rhymes: -?i?(?)
Adjective
fey
- Marked, fated for, or destined for death; doomed.
- Approaching or near one's deathbed; about to pass away.
- (rare) Tending to cause or leading to death; dangerous.
- (rare) Having bad luck; frowned upon by fate or fortune.
- (rare) Weak, afflicted, or vulnerable.
Descendants
- English: fey, fay
- Scots: fey
References
- “fei(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-3.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old French feie (modern French foie), from Latin f?c?tum.
Alternative forms
- fee
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?i?(?)/
- Rhymes: -?i?(?)
Noun
fey
- (rare) The liver as used in cooking.
References
- “fei, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-3.
Scots
Noun
fey (plural feys)
- a premonition of death
Adjective
fey
- possessing second sight, premonitory
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fej/
Noun
fey (nominative plural feys)
- fairy
Declension
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foy
English
Etymology
From Middle French foy.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
foy (countable and uncountable, plural foys)
- (obsolete, rare) Faith, allegiance.
- (obsolete) A feast given by one about to leave a place.
- 1661 November 25, Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1661, 2006, Echo Library, page 124,
- To Westminster Hall in the morning with Captain Lambert, and there he did at the Dog give me and some other friends of his, his foy, he being to set sail to-day towards the Streights.
- 1661 November 25, Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1661, 2006, Echo Library, page 124,
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French foi.
Noun
foy f (plural foys)
- faith
- 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:
- Saigneur Dieu oste moy de ce torment, auquel ces traitres chiens me detiennent, pour la maintenance de ta foy.
- Lord God remove me from this torment in which these traiterous dogs are holding, to help me keep your faith.
- Saigneur Dieu oste moy de ce torment, auquel ces traitres chiens me detiennent, pour la maintenance de ta foy.
- 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:
Descendants
- French: foi
Portuguese
Verb
foy
- Obsolete spelling of foi
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