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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">===========================================<br>
L O W L A N D S - L - 09 April 2009 - Volume 03<br>
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From: <span class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Hellinckx Luc</span></span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:luc.hellinckx@gmail.com">luc.hellinckx@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="gi">LL-L "Etymology"</span><br>
<br>
Beste Ron,</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">You wrote:<br style="">
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</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">You
find this for instance in the American folksong "Polly-Wolly Doodle":</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Fare
thee well, fare thee well, fare thee well, my fairy <b>fey</b>.<br>
For I'm going to Lou'siana, for to see my Susianna,<br>
Singing Polly-Wolly Doodle all the day.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Apparently
the adjective here follows the noun, as in "Mother dear".</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Shouldn't
"fey" in this case rather be interpreted as "fay" (~ fee
(D) = fairy queen < fée (F) < fata, the Fates)? </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">There's
also "feeks" in Dutch, which is quite the opposite, a witch. De Vries
views "feeks" as cognate with "feige" (G) (final s <
mirroring with "heks"), "veeg" (D) through Old Saxon
"fēkn", Old English "fācn" both meaning "deceit"
< *feihhan (list, deceit) ~ piśuna (Skr. moody, treacherous), piger (Latin,
lazy). By the way, this reminds me of a Brabantish word for a lazy woman:
"ön vak", coincidence I guess.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">And now,
strangely enough, at the crossroads of all this: The Picts (< *Peihta),
whose name is also thought to be cognate with "feige". OED gives
this:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;" class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">"In
Scottish folk-lore the Pechts are often represented as a dark pygmy race, or an
underground people; and sometimes identified with elves, brownies, or
fairies."</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Also in the
same family: Fehde (G) ~ feud and foe!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Kind
greetings,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">Luc
Hellinckx</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
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