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fee1 (1121-25)

fee1 (1121-25)

faie,  faye,  fed,  fey  
  FEW:  fata 3,432b Gdf:   3,739a GdfC:  fee 9,606a TL: fee 1 3,1681 DEAF:  fee F215 DMF:  fée 1  TLF:  fée  OED:  fay n.2  MED: DMLBS:  fada 894b

s.

1mythologicalenchanted being, elf
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  quidat [bien] que [ço] fust fee E qu’ele ne fust de femme nee  GAIMAR1 3657
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  [...] en la forest [...]. La seut l’en les fees veeir, Se li Breton nos dient veir, E altres mereveilles plusors  Rom de Rou wace ii 122.6387
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 )  Pur faies: Conjuro vos, elves, per Patrem  A-N Med ii 224
( c.1390; MS: s.xivex )  Ne sai si jeo sui faie ou chose humein: Tiel est d'amour ma contemplacion  GOWER Balades 358.22
mythologicaldemon
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Cum alouent endreit un munt, Virent un fed (var. (D: s.xiii1) un malfez) dunt pour unt  S Brend mup 1132
2 name (used as a surname)
( 1332 )  Margaret le Fey  Family Names Fay
( c.1400 )  Morgne la Faye  MED faie adj. and n.
mal fé
malfé

See also:

faé1 
This is an AND2 Phase 2 (F-H) entry. © 2006-2008 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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