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FǼHÞ

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
FǼHÞ, fǽgþ, e; f: fǽhþe, an; f: fǽhþo, fǽhþu; indecl. f.
Wright's OE grammar
§372;
Feud, vengeance, enmity, hostility, deadly feud, that enmity which the relations of the deceased waged against the kindred of the murderer; capĭtālis inĭmīcĭtia, vindĭcātio, hostīlĭtas, factio ob hŏmĭnem interemptum
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  • Sió fǽhþ gewearþ gewrecen wráþlíce

    the feud was wrathfully avenged,

    • Beo. Th. 6115
      • ;
    • B. 3061: 4798
      • ;
    • B. 2403
      • .

  • Ne gefeáh he ðære fǽhþe

    he rejoiced not in the enmity,

    • 218
      • ;
    • B. 109: Exon. 29 a
      • ;
    • Th. 88,
      • 17;
    • Cri. 1441
      • .

  • He nó mearn fore fǽhþe and fyrene

    he mourned not for his enmity and crime,

    • Beo. Th. 274
      • ;
    • B. 137: 3079
      • ;
    • B. 1537
      • .

  • Gif man gehádodne mid fǽhþe belecge

    if a man in holy orders be charged with deadly feud,

    • L. C. E. 5
      • ;
    • Th. i. 362, 21: L. Eth. ix. 23
      • ;
    • Th. i. 344,
      • 25.

  • Fǽhþe ic wille on weras stælan

    I will place vengeance on men,

    • Cd. 67
      • ;
    • Th. 81,
      • 27;
    • Gen. 1351: 227
      • ;
    • Th. 305,
      • 2;
    • Sat. 641
      • .

  • Gif hwá ǽnigne man ofsleá, ðæt he wege sylf ða fǽhþe

    if any one slay any man, that he himself bear the feud,

    • L. Edm. S. 1
      • ;
    • Th. i. 248, 3, 9: L. In. 74
      • ;
    • Th. i. 150,
      • 2.

  • He geþingade þeódbúendum wið Fæder swǽsne fǽhþa mǽste

    he appeased for mankind the greatest feud with his dear Father,

    • Exon. 16 b
      • ;
    • Th. 39,
      • 5;
    • Cri. 617
      • .

  • On ða fǽgþe

    in that hostility,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 567
      • ;
    • An. 284
      • .

  • Wæs seó fǽhþe open on úhtan

    the deadly feud was open at early morn,

    • Cd. 222
      • ;
    • Th. 289,
      • 30;
    • Sat. 405
      • .

  • Ðæt ys sió fǽhþo

    that is the feud,

    • Beo. Th. 5990
      • ;
    • B. 2999: 4971
      • ;
    • B. 2489
      • .

  • Sceal ic fǽhþu dreógan

    I must endure enmity,

    • Exon. 115 a
      • ;
    • Th. 443,
      • 7;
    • Kl. 26
      • .
Etymology
[
Plat. vede, fede, veide:
O. Frs. feithe, faithe, feythe, faythe, f:
Dut. veete, f:
Ger. fehde, f:
M. H. Ger. véhede, véde, f:
Dan. feide, m. f. feud, war
.]
Derived forms
wæl-fǽhþ
Linked entries
v.  fǽhþe fǽhþo.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FǼHÞ.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/9926.

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