Resembling or containing fire; fiery or burning with intense heat or passion.
An archaic or variant spelling of 'fiery,' derived from Old English 'fȳr' (fire) plus the suffix '-y' meaning 'having the quality of.' The term evolved in Middle English as an alternative form that gradually fell out of standard use.
This spelling variant shows how English spelling wasn't standardized until relatively recently—even common words like 'fire' had multiple accepted spellings in medieval times, and some persist as regional or dialectal variants today.
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