faerie

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[edit] English

The Faerie Queene, as depicted in 1788.

[edit] Alternative forms

  • færie (archaic, nonstandard)

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Noun

faerie (plural faeries)

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

[edit] References

  • Faerie, in Compact Oxford English Dictionary.

[edit] Old French

The Faerie Queene, as depicted in 1788.

[edit] Alternative forms

  • faierie

[edit] Etymology

From fae + -erie

[edit] Noun

faerie f.

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

[edit] Derived terms

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