faerie

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old French fae; introduced into English in 1590 by Edmund Spenser in authoring the Faerie Queene.

[edit] Noun

faerie (plural faeries)

1. Archaic spelling of fairy. A mythical being with magical powers.

[edit] References

• Faerie, in Compact Oxford English Dictionary.