Well, maybe. I think you mean the word spelled "fey."
Also from the Encarta World English Dictionary: fey 1. (omitted) 2. SUPERNATURAL - relating to or typical of magic or the supernatural 3. CLAIRVOYANT - supposedly able to see into the future 4. SCOTLAND - DOOMED TO DIE [Old English faege, fated to die, of prehistoric Germanic origin] not fay a fairy, elf, or other small supernatural being from folklore Via Old French fa(i)e "fairy" from Latin Fata, the goddess of fate, from fatum. OUR word is from Old English fegan. "Ultimately from an Indo-European base meaning 'to fasten,' which is also the ancestor of English impale, compact and peace." There is also a separate meaning of "fay" which is faith "religious or personal (archaic)" from Old French fei, earlier feid. And while I am reading the dictionary, there's "fay," short for "ofay," an insult. [early 20th century] I believe the last to be from Creole for egg, as in "white egg" from French "oueffe." (sp?) NOTE: I am unable to reproduce in ASCII the boldface, italics and accent marks used in the dictionary. Cortland ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
