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fayEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Inherited from Middle English feyen, feien, from Old English fēġan (“to join, unite”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōgijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną (“to join”), from *fōgō (“joint, slot”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Akin to Saterland Frisian fougje (“to join, add”), West Frisian foegje (“to join, add”), Dutch voegen (“to add, place”), German Low German fögen (“to join, add”), German fügen (“to connect”), Old English fōn (“to catch”). More at fang.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗fayEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Inherited from Middle English faie, fei (“a place or person possessed with magical properties”), from Middle French feie, fée (“fairy", "fae”), from Old French fae, from Medieval Latin fāda. More at fairy.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗fayEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From Middle English fei, from Old French fei
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗fayEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Inherited from Middle English feien (“to cleanse”), from Old Norse fægja (“to cleanse, polish”), from Proto-Germanic *fēgijaną (“to decorate, make beautiful”), from Proto-Indo-European *pōḱ-, *pēḱ- (“to clean, adorn”). Cognate with Swedish feja (“to sweep”), Danish feje (“to sweep”), German fegen (“to cleanse, scour, sweep”), Dutch vegen (“to sweep, strike”). More at feague, fake, fair.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗fayEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
Abbreviation of ofay.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- FayEnglish · e-38538-1457
Fay, fā, n. a fairy. [O. Fr. fee—L. fata, a fairy—L. fatum, fate.]
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Fay, fā, n. (Shak.) faith.
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Fay, fā, v.i. to fit, unite closely.—v.t. to fit together closely. [A.S. fégan; Ger. fügen.]
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Fay, Fey, fā, v.t. (prov.) to clean out, as a ditch.
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