"fairy," OED 4a

Baker, John JMB at STRADLEY.COM
Fri Jan 19 04:52:08 UTC 2007


Regardless of the correct text in Gower, isn't the Wife of Bath's Tale a valid use of fairy in this sense?  "This maketh that ther ben no fayeryes."

 

John Baker

 

 

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