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fé1 (1121-25)
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fé1 (1121-25)

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fed,  fee,  phé  
  FEW:  fatum 3,436a Gdf:  fé 3,739a / phé 6,137c GdfC: ∅ TL: fé 3,1676 DEAF:  fé  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  fay n.2  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  fatum 910

s.

man, person: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  N’oient creature ne ne voient nul fé (var. (P: c.1310) nule fie)  Rom Chev ANTS 5870
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  nul fé ne entera en ciel, Se il ne seit mundé e tut fet neetz Par le saunc Jesu Crist  Apoc giffard 4302
♦fellow, wretch: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  De l'almoine que jo guardai A nud fed  (ed. féd) drap acatai  S Brend mup 1450
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  Li prophetes redit: '[...] e vus qui apremez Les povres Deu, e force faites as humbles fez'  Becket1 3145
♦domesticservant: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  uns phé (Latin: servus) fud de la maignee Saul  Liv Reis1 74

See also:

malfé 
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