fey

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. (archaic, dialectal, poetic) About to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or violent death.
2. (obsolete) Dying; dead.
3. (Ireland, Scotland) Possessing second sight, clairvoyance, or clairaudience.
4. Overrefined, affected.
5. Strange or otherworldly.
6. Spellbound.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A fairy.
2. (countable, uncountable) Fairy folk collectively.

Noun

Alternative form of pe (“Semitic letter”).

Verb

To cleanse.

Sinonieme

elfin

touched

enrapt

entranced

fairylike

hypnotized

magic

🪄

mesmerized

rapt

transfixed

doomed

whimsical

eccentric

Vertalings

sevimli

çatlak

ince

narin

kaçık

envoûté

lezioso

mesmerisiert

todgeweiht

durchstochen

illumin

illuminé

magnétisé

incantato

fasciné

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/feɪ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: fey

Geërf van Old English: fǣġe

Verwante met Old Saxon: fēgi

Verwante met Nederlands: veeg

Verwante met Old High German: feigi

Verwante met Duits: feige

Verwante met Old Norse: feigr

Verwante met Yslands: feigur

Verwante met Old English: fāh

Geërf van Middle English: faie

In summary

From Middle English feye (“fated to die”), from Old English fǣġe (“doomed to die, timid”), from Proto-West Germanic *faigī, from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz (“cowardly, wicked”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyk- (“ill-meaning, bad”).
Akin to Old Saxon fēgi, whence Dutch veeg (“doomed, near death”), Old High German feigi (“appointed for death, ungodly”) whence German feige (“cowardly”), Old Norse feigr (“doomed”) whence the Icelandic feigur (“doomed to die”), Old English fāh (“outlawed, hostile”). More at foe.