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grey folk en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (Scotland, plural, plural-only) elves, the fae, the wee folk.
    • One of the most important of all Yuletide observances was the 'saining' required to guard life or properties from the Trows. If the proper observances were omitted, the 'grey-folk' were sure to take advantage of the opportunity. 1888, Biot Edmonndston, Jessie Saxby, The Home of a Naturalist, page 136: