faith, fayth, faythe, feith, fay, fey, feye, feyth

[O. Fr. fei, feid, foi, foit; Fr. foi, from Lat. fides; cogn. with Gr. pistis faith; Sp. & Port. fe; Ital. fede. The th was added in English in dies. The next season another patch appears out side the spot occupied by the original, forming a small ring, and this is repeated from year to year, the ring increasing in size. The decay of the pre-order to make the word analogous in form to truth , vious fungi rendering the soil unfit for the reproduction of the same species, the mycelium or spores find fresh soil on the external margin of the ring, and again germinate. One species of fairy-ring fungus, Marasmius oreades , is edible, and is called the Champignon (q. v.).