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

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

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

See also:

faé1  faisnier 
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