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Danish
Pronunciation
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)
- 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)
- carry on a feud