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13th March 11, 06:57 PM
#7
 Originally Posted by OC Richard
The band might be great but it puts me off somewhat when people use Gaelic words but mispell them.
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It's not Gaelic, it's old French.
The word fairy derives from Middle English faierie (also fayerye, feirie, fairie), a direct borrowing from Old French faerie (Modern French féerie) meaning the land, realm, or characteristic activity (i.e. enchantment) of the legendary people of folklore and romance called (in Old French) faie or fee (Modern French fée). This derived ultimately from Late Latin fata (one of the personified Fates, hence a guardian or tutelary spirit, hence a spirit in general); cf. Italian fata, Spanish hada of the same origin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy
In Gaelic...
Scottish: sìthiche, bean-shìth (female)
Irish: síog
Last edited by chrisupyonder; 13th March 11 at 07:08 PM.
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