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FEUD , animosity, hatred, especially a permanent condition of hostilities between persons, and hence applied to a state of private warfare between tribes, clans or families, a " vendetta." The word appears in Mid. Eng. as fede, which came through the O. Fr. from the O. High Ger. fehida, modern
adjective , the source of fehida, gives the O. Eng. fah, foe. " Fiend," originally an enemy (cf. Ger. Feind), hence the enemy of mankind, the devil , and so any evil spirit, is probably connected with the same source. The word fede was of Scottish usage, but in the 16th century took the form foode,fewd in English
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change , for it appears fifty years later than the first instances of foode, &c., and was only used by writers on feudalism ." For the etymology of "feud" (feudum) see FEE, and for its history see FEUDALISM .End of Article: FEUD If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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