fejde

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɑjd̥ə]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish feydhe, borrowed from Middle Low German veide, from Old Saxon *fēhitha, from Proto-West Germanic *faihiþu (“enmity, feud”).

Cognate with English feud and German Fehde. It is an abstract noun derived from *faih (“hostile”) (cf. English foe).

Noun

fejde c (singular definite fejden, plural indefinite fejder)

1. feud

Etymology 2

From Old Danish feydhe, borrowed from Middle Low German veiden, derived from the noun.

Verb

fejde (imperative fejd, infinitive at fejde, present tense fejder, past tense fejdede, perfect tense har fejdet)

1. carry on a feud