feud´er

feud´er
feud1 «fyood», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a long and deadly quarrel between two families or tribes. Feuds are often passed on from father to son. »

... seeds of lasting feuds and animosities (Bishop Gilbert Burnet).

2. bitter hatred between two persons or groups.
3. a quarrel: »

frequently torn by intramural feuds (Newsweek).

 SYNONYM(S): See syn. under quarrel. (Cf. ↑quarrel)
–v.i.
to carry on a feud: »

Their families have been feuding for three generations.o>

╂[variant of Middle English fede < Old French feide < Old High German fēhida enmity]
–feud´er, noun.
feud2 «fyood», noun.
a grant of land held on condition of giving military and other services to the lord owning it in return for protection and the use of the land; feudal estate; fief; fee: »

The Conqueror conferred the estates…on his principal followers as strict feuds (William A. Guise).

╂[< Medieval Latin feudum, or feodum, alteration of Germanic (compare Old Frisian fio money; cattle). Compare etym. under fee. (Cf. ↑fee)]

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