seelie

British  

/ ˈsiːlɪ /

plural noun

1. good benevolent fairies

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adjective

1. 1. of or belonging to the seelie

   2. good and benevolent like the seelie

      seelie wights

Etymology

Origin of seelie

an earlier form of _silly

Example Sentences

Photographer Tod Seelie captures the eeriness of the deserted Las Vegas Strip, closed down for the first time since the Kennedy assassination.

From The Guardian

A motley group still fills the hall: glittering Seelie and terrifying Unseelie; the wild fey that seldom leave their hills, rivers, or grave mounds; goblins and hags; pixies and phookas.

From Literature

“She’s gone to the house of her betrothed, but they’ll be at the High King Balekin’s manor tomorrow. You will be there, too. He’s throwing a feast for your father and some of the Seelie and Unseelie rulers. You’ll be expected to be less hostile to each other.”

From Literature

The monarchs of the Seelie and Unseelie Courts, along with the wild unallied faeries who came for the coronation, had made camp on the easternmost corner of the island.

From Literature

A Seelie knight, tortured for decades as a servant in the Unseelie Court he came to rule.

From Literature