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- ober- und mitteldeutsche Übernamen zu mhd. veiz(e), veizt »beleibt, feist, fett«. Ulr. der Faist ist a. 1340 in Regensburg bezeugt.
Wörterbuch der deutschen familiennamen. 2013.
Feis
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feis — /fɛʃ/ (say fesh) noun (plural feisanna /fɛˈʃanə/ (say fe shahnuh)) a traditional Gaelic festival of music and dancing. {Irish feis, fess meeting, assembly} …
FEIS, HERBERT — (1893–1972), U.S. economic historian. Feis, who was born in New York City, was an instructor in economics at Harvard (1920–21), associate professor at the University of Kansas (1922–25), and professor and head of the department of economics at… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Fèis Bharraigh — begun in 1981 with the mission to promote, encourage, foster and develop the practice and study of the Scottish Gaelic language, literature, music, drama and culture on the islands of Barra and Vatersay. The Fèis movement came about when a group… … Wikipedia
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feis — noun /fɛʃ,fɛʃənə/ a) An Irish festival, usually including folk music, dancing, and sports. b) An Irish gathering at which new laws were decreed, as well as folk music, dancing, and sports … Wiktionary
FEIS — abbr. Fellow, Educational Institute of Scotland … Dictionary of abbreviations
