faerie (c.1240)
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faerie (c.1240)

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[ FEW: 3,432b fata; Gdf: 3,696b faerie; GdfC: ∅; TL: 3,1554 fäerie; DEAF:  fee (faerie); DMF:  féerie; TLF:  féerie; OED:  fairy n. and adj. / faerie n. and adj.; MED:  fairie n.; DMLBS: ∅ ]
faierie  

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1witchcraft, enchantment: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Ore quide il ke ceo seit folie U ceo est aperte faerie  36.195
de faerie
1accursed, bewitched: 
( s.xiii2; MS: 1333-34 )  Cele gent de faierie Mult grantment se multiplie  (A) 467
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  Mes nul homme n’ose prendre de ceo fruit qar ceo est auxi come chose de faierie  436
faé#1  faisnier 
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