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faerie

faerie

See also: færie

English

The Faerie Queene, as depicted in 1788.

Alternative forms

  • færie (archaic, nonstandard)

Noun

faerie ‎(plural faeries)

  1. Archaic spelling of fairy.
  2. Realm of the fays, fairyland.

References

  • Faerie, in Compact Oxford English Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

  • faierie

Etymology

From fae + -erie

Noun

faerie f

  1. the sphere or realm of enchantment, magic or dream associated with the fae (fays)

Derived terms

Etymology

From Old French faerie; re-introduced into English in deliberately archaising spelling in 1590 by Edmund Spenser in authoring the Faerie Queene.

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