What does faerie mean?
Definitions for faerie
ˈfeɪ ə ri, ˈfɛər ifaerie
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Princeton's WordNet
fairy, faery, faerie, fay, spritenoun
a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
fairyland, faerie, faerynoun
the enchanted realm of fairies
GCIDE
Faerienoun
The land of the fairies, in fables; fairyland.
Wiktionary
faerienoun
Realm of the fays, fairyland.
Etymology: From faerie; re-introduced into English in deliberately archaising spelling in 1590 by Edmund Spenser in authoring the Faerie Queene.
ChatGPT
faerie
A faerie (or fairy) typically refers to a type of mythical, magical or supernatural being or spirit, often depicted as tiny humans with wings in literature and folklore. The term is generally used to describe creatures from European folklore who possess magical powers, and these beings might be benevolent or malevolent. The term is also used in modern fantasy literature to refer to a type of mythical creature or character.
Wikidata
Faerie
Faerie, The Fair Lands or The Twilight Realm is one of two fictional otherdimensional homelands for the Faerie, as published by DC Comics. The Vertigo Comics realm of Faerie is an amalgam of the mythological realms of Álfheimr, Otherworld, the Fortunate Isles, Tír na nÓg and Avalon. This mix is heavily influenced by Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night's Dream. It is home to the faeries and other mythical races, ruled over by the Seelie Court and King Auberon and Queen Titania. Faerie debuted in The Books of Magic #3, and was created by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Faerie
Faery, fā′ėr-i, n. (arch.) the world of fairies, fairyland: (obs.) a fairy. [A variant of fairy.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of faerie in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of faerie in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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