fee

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From Middle English fe, feh, from Old English feoh (cattle, property, wealth, money, payment, tribute, fee), from Proto-Germanic *fehu (sheep, cattle, owndom), from Proto-Indo-European *peku-, *peḱu- (sheep). Cognate with Dutch vee (cattle, livestock), German Vieh (cattle, livestock), Icelandic  (livestock, assets, money), Latin pecū (cattle).

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fee (plural fees)

  1. (obsolete) Cattle; livestock, especially considered as the basis of wealth.
  2. (obsolete) Property; owndom; estate.
  3. (obsolete) Money paid or bestowed; payment; emolument.
  4. A monetary payment charged for professional services.
  5. (law) An estate of inheritance in land, either absolute and without limitation to any particular class of heirs (fee simple) or limited to a particular class of heirs (fee tail).
  6. (law) An inheritable estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of the performing of certain services.

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fee (plural feë or feetjiediminutive feetjies)

  1. fairy, pixie

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  • feeagtig

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fee f. (plural feeën, diminutive feetje)

  1. fairy

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fee

  1. second-person singular imperative of feeën

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fee

  1. to weave, knit
  2. to plait, braid
  3. to interlace, intertwine
  4. to mat
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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fee ee vee
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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fee m.

  1. Verbal noun of fee.
[edit] Mutation
Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fee ee vee
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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fee m.

  1. genitive singular form of feeagh
  2. Plural form of feeagh.
    • Ta fys ny fee echey.
      • He has the knowledge of the ravens.
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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fee ee vee
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Germanic; cognate with Dutch vee, German Fee and Icelandic

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fee n.

  1. livestock

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From French fée

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fee c. (pl. feeën)

  1. fairy
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