fairy rath
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "One gable of it was formed by the mound of a fairy Rath, against which the cabin stood endwise[.]"
- "A woman of the Speen Tereen tribe, loved of a Peri, was taken away for five months to some fairy rath in Ginnistan, or elf-land, and, when restored, she was a “wise woman,” and had the gift of discovering where stolen things were, so that people came from distances to consult her."
- "The poet in a vision sees a queenly maiden of exquisite beauty and grace sitting lonely and weeping on some fairy rath by moonlight, by the side of a softly flowing stream, or by the wall of some ruined castle of ancient splendor. He is at first confounded by her beauty."
- "No wise peasant would hum “The Pretty Girl milking the Cow” near a fairy rath, for they are jealous, and do not like to hear their songs on clumsy mortal lips."