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

There were, as in all communities, a good and a bad section, known as the "seelie" and the "unseelie court."

From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Buchan, Patrick

This verie morning, but--I did bestow-- It was a little 'gainst my will, I know-- A single kisse, upon the seelie Swaine, And now I wish that verie kisse againe.

From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.

The seelie man when all the Greekish Sea His fleete had hidd, in hope me sure to drowne, Me battaile gaue: where fortune, in my stede, Repulsing him his forces disaraied.

From A Discourse of Life and Death, by Mornay; and Antonius by Garnier by Herbert, Mary Sidney

Their seelie necks to ground with weaknesse bend.

From A Discourse of Life and Death, by Mornay; and Antonius by Garnier by Herbert, Mary Sidney