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Old English · noun

feond

Normalised fēond

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong consonant stem
IPA
/fe͜oːnd/
Syllables
fe͜oːnd (1 syllable)
Modern English
enemyfendfiendfoe

Meaning

  1. enemy, foe

    Forþon þæt eorla ġehwām, æftercweþendra lof lifgendra lāstworda betst. Þæt hē ġewyrċe, ǣr hē on weġ sċyle, fremman on foldan wið fēonda nīþ, dēorum dǣdum dēofle tōġēanes, þæt hine ælda bearn æfter herġen, ond his lof siþþan lifġe mid englum āwa tō ealdre, ēċan līfes blǣd, drēam mid dugeþum.

    Thus, for every man, the praise of the after-speakers is the best of the living ones' reputations. That he would make it well, before he should set off on the way, to further on Earth against foes' hate, by bold deeds against the Devil, that they would afterwards praise his child of men, and his honor since would live among the angels for ever and ever, blessedness, bliss with glees of the everlas

    10th century, The Seafarer:

Declension

Declension of feond
SingularPlural
Nominative fēondfīendfēondas
Accusative fēondfīendfēondas
Genitive fēondesfēonda
Dative fīendfēondefēondum

All forms (7)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fijand, from Proto-Germanic *fijandz, originally a present participle of *fijāną (“to hate”). Corresponds to fēoġan + -end.

Descendants

fend, fiend

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