faes
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pluralof fae.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But now thy flow’ry banks appear Like drumlie winter, dark and drear, While my dear lad maun face his faes, Far, far frae me and Logan braes!
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns
Better bow to my faes than beg frae my friends.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
But, waes my heart! thae days are gane, And I wi' grief may herd alane; While my dear lad maun face his faes, Far, far frae me and Logan braes.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers
O, fair are the fields o’ Baile-liosan, And fair are the faes o’ green Magh-luan; But fairer the flowers o’ Newtownbreda, Wet wi’ dew in the eves o’ June.
From The Mountainy Singer by Seosamh MacCathmhaoil
See, see auld Orthodoxy's faes She's swingein thro' the city!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns