fejde

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Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Danish feydhe, borrowed from Middle Low German veide, 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[edit]

fejde c (singular definite fejden, plural indefinite fejder)

  1. feud

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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

  1. carry on a feud