In answer to Turambur's post of Nov. 28, 7:47 am :
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Does anyone remember other uses of this word (fey)?
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The word "fey" was used to describe Éomer's mood after he saw his sister fallen in the Pelennor Fields.
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He stood a moment as a man who is pierced in the midst of a cry by an arrow through the heart: and then his face went deathly white, and a cold fury rose in him, so that all speech failed him for a while. A fey mood took him.
'Éowyn, Éowyn!' he cried at last. 'Éowyn, how come you here? What madnesss or devilry is this? Death, death, death! Death take us all!'
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I think this passage describes what is meant by "fey" - slightly mad, crazy / attuned to the supernatural world /
elfin(Old English fœge) - from Webster's Dictionary. Interesting word. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
[ November 30, 2001: Message edited by: Lostgaeriel ]