feien

== Catalan == === Alternative forms === feyan, feyen (obsolete) === Verb === feien third-person plural imperfect indicative of fer == German == === Alternative forms === feyen === Etymology === From Fei (Fey) (obsolete variant of Fee (“fairy”)) +‎ -en, implying invincibility by magic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /faɪ̯ən/ === Verb === feien (weak, third-person singular present feit, past tense feite, past participle gefeit, auxiliary haben) (transitive, higher register) to protect, to shield ==== Usage notes ==== Now mostly used in set phrases such as vor etwas gefeit sein (“to be immune to something”). ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== Fee ==== See also ==== Middle High German: feinen; veien; elbinnen === Further reading === “feien” in Duden online “feien”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “feien” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “gefeit”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 251 == Middle English == === Alternative forms === veien fæȝen, fæien, fegen, fyen === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfæi̯ən/ === Etymology 1 === From Old English fēġan, from Proto-West Germanic *fōgijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną. ==== Verb ==== feien To put or join. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: fay === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse fǣgja (“to cleanse”), fægja. ==== Verb ==== feien To cleanse, to scour, to clear a path. ===== References ===== “feien, v.1”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “feien, v.2”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.