feud

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: fyo͞od, IPA(key): /fjuːd/, /fɪu̯d/ (Early Modern) IPA(key): /fɛʊ̯d/, /fɪʊ̯d/ Rhymes: -uːd === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Northern Middle English fede, feide, from Old French faide, feide, fede, from Proto-West Germanic *faihiþu (“hatred, enmity”) (corresponding to foe +‎ -th), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“hostile”). Cognate to Old English fǣhþ, fǣhþu, fǣhþo (“hostility, enmity, violence, revenge, vendetta”), German Fehde, and Dutch vete (“feud”) (directly inherited from Proto-West Germanic) alongside Danish fejde (“feud, enmity, hostility, war”) and Swedish fejd (“feud, controversy, quarrel, strife”) (borrowed from Middle Low German). ==== Alternative forms ==== fead, feaud, fede, feood, fewd, fewde, fuide, fude (obsolete) ==== Noun ==== feud (plural feuds) A state of long-standing mutual hostility. (professional wrestling) A staged rivalry between wrestlers. (obsolete) A combination of kindred to avenge injuries or affronts, done or offered to any of their blood, on the offender and all his race. ===== Usage notes ===== The modern pronunciation /fjuːd/ has been described as "unexplained" and "hard to account for"; the expected form would be fead, fede /fiːd/. Several explanations have been suggested for the change in pronunciation, but none has met with unanimous approval. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== blood feud, infight ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== feud (third-person singular simple present feuds, present participle feuding, simple past and past participle feuded) (intransitive) To carry on a feud. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Medieval Latin feudum. Doublet of fee, fief, and feoff. ==== Alternative forms ==== feod ==== Noun ==== feud (plural feuds) An estate granted to a vassal by a feudal lord in exchange for service. ===== Synonyms ===== fee fief ===== Related terms ===== feudal feudalism ===== Translations ===== === References === == Romanian == === Noun === feud n (plural feude) alternative form of feudă ==== Declension ==== == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Middle Irish fétaid (“be able, can”), from Old Irish ·éta, prototonic form of ad·cota (“obtain”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /feːt̪/ === Verb === feud (defective) must, have to 's fheudar gu bheil sin fìor ― that must be true b' fheudar dhomh falbh ― I had to leave ==== Usage notes ==== This defective verb is only used in the future passive form, though its function is in a past or conditional context.