Feud Definition

fyo͝od

feuded, feuding, feuds

noun

A bitter, protracted, and violent quarrel, esp. between clans or families, often characterized by killings and counterkillings.

Webster's New World

Any dispute or rivalry, esp. when bitter or protracted.

Webster's New World

Land held from a feudal lord in return for service; fief.

Webster's New World

(professional wrestling slang) A staged rivalry between wrestlers.

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verb

To carry on a feud; quarrel.

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Other Word Forms of Feud

Singular:

feud

Plural:

feuds

From Middle English fede, feide, *feithe, from Old English fǣhþ, fǣhþu, fǣhþo (“hostility, enmity, violence, revenge, vendetta”), from Proto-Germanic *faihiþō (“hatred, enmity”), from Proto-Indo-European *pAik-, *pAig- (“ill-meaning, wicked”), equivalent to foe +‎ -th. Cognate with Dutch veete (“feud”), German Fehde (“feud, vendetta”), Danish fejde (“feud, enmity, hostility, war”), Swedish fejd (“feud, controversy, quarrel, strife”), and Old French faide, feide (“feud”), ultimately from the same Germanic source. Related to foe, fiend.

From Wiktionary
Alteration (probably influenced by feud) of Middle English fede from Old French faide of Germanic origin

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old French, from Latin feodum.

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