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fey

[ fey ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

British Dialect. doomed; fated to die.
Chiefly Scot. appearing to be under a spell; marked by an apprehension of death, calamity, or evil.
supernatural; unreal; enchanted:
elves, fairies, and other fey creatures.
being in unnaturally high spirits, as were formerly thought to precede death.
whimsical; strange; otherworldly:
a strange child with a mysterious smile and a fey manner.

fey

/ feɪ /

interested in or believing in the supernatural
attuned to the supernatural; clairvoyant; visionary
fated to die; doomed
in a state of high spirits or unusual excitement, formerly believed to presage death

Origin of fey¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English fǣge doomed to die; cognate with Old Norse feigr doomed, German feig cowardly

Origin of fey¹

Old English fæge marked out for death; related to Old Norse feigr doomed, Old High German feigi

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I had a man go fey on me once, up on the Slave Lake trail, he said slowly.

To see one's own fylgja was unlucky, and often a sign that a man was "fey," or death-doomed.

The next day he seemed just as gay, from dawn till dark, as good-humoured in fact, "as one who feels himself fey."

So tingles the pulsing blood, perhaps, when a man is fey, when the kisses of his mouth are numbered.

I hope I am not fey,' I said to myself, with a little thrill of excitement and expectation as the familiar station came in view.

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