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feónd

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
feónd, fiónd, fýnd, fiénd, es; pl. nom. acc. feóndas, fýnd, feónd; gen. feónda; dat. feóndum; m. [feógan, feón to hate]
Wright's OE grammar
§104; §105; §140; §174; §175; §269; §417; §601;
A FIEND, enemy, foe, the devil; ōsor, inĭmīcus, hostis, diabŏlus = διάβoλos
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  • Seó ydelnes is ðære sáwle feónd

    idleness is the soul's enemy,

    • L. E. I. 3
      • ;
    • Th. ii 404, 9.

  • Éhteþ feónd sáwle míne

    persĕquātur inĭmīcus anĭmam meam,

    • Ps. Spl. 7, 5.

  • Se feónd his diórlingas duguþum stépte

    the fiend decked his favourites with honours,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 15, 14
      • ;
    • Met. 15, 7
      • ;
    • Beo. Th. 1455
      • ;
    • B. 725: 1500
      • ;
    • B. 748.

  • Feónd hostis vel

    ōsor,

    • Wrt. Voc. 86, 45.

  • Se feónd mid his geférum eallum feóllon of heofnum

    the devil with all his company fell from heaven,

    • Cd. 16
      • ;
    • Th. 20, 10
      • ;
    • Gen. 306: Salm. Kmbl. 140
      • ;
    • Sal. 69: 995
      • ;
    • Sal. 499.

  • Ná fægnian fýnd mín ofer me

    non gaudēbit inĭmīcus meus sŭper me,

    • Ps. Spl. 40, 12.

  • Stearcheort onfand feóndes fótlást

    the stout of heart found the foe's foot-trace,

    • Beo. Th. 4567
      • ;
    • B. 2289.

  • Gif ðú geméte ðínes feóndes oxan oððe assan, lǽd hine to him

    si occurrĕris bŏvi inĭmīci tui aut asĭno erranti, reduc ad eum,

    • Ex. 23, 4: Lk. Bos. l0, 19.

  • Se ðæm feónde ætwand

    he escaped from the fiend,

    • Beo. Th. 289
      • ;
    • B. 143: Bt. Met. Fox 25, 31
      • ;
    • Met. 25, 16.

  • Ðú feónd oferswiððest

    thou shalt overcome thy foe,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 186
      • ;
    • El. 93: Cd. 144
      • ;
    • Th. 179, 21
      • ;
    • Exod. 32.

  • Ðú fiónd geflǽmdest

    thou didst put the enemy [the devil] to flight,

    • Hy. 8, 25
      • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 290, 25.

  • Genámon me ðǽr strange feóndas

    strong enemies took me there,

    Rood
    • Kmbl. 60
      • ;
    • Kr. 30: 65
      • ;
    • Kr. 33.

  • Fýnd syndon eówere

    they are your enemies,

    • Judth. 11
      • ;
    • Thw. 24, 18
      • ;
    • Jud. 195: 12
      • ;
    • Thw. 26, 10
      • ;
    • Jud. 320.

  • Eówre fýnd feallaþ befóran eów

    cădent inĭmīci vestri in conspectu vestro,

    • Lev. 26, 8, 16: Deut. 32, 31.

  • Ðíne feónd fǽcne forwurdan

    inĭmīci tui sonāvērunt,

    • Ps. Th. 82, 2: 91, 8.

  • Hý fæder ageaf on feónda geweald

    her father delivered her up into her foes power,

    • Exon. 68 a
      • ;
    • Th. 252, 7
      • ;
    • Jul. 159: Elen. Kmbl. 135
      • ;
    • El. 68.

  • Ic agilde wrace mínum feóndum

    reddam ultiōnem hostĭbus meis,

    • Deut, 32, 41, 43: Jos. 10, 25.

  • Ealle ic mihie feóndas gefyllan

    I might have felled all his foes,

    Rood
    • Kmbl. 75
      • ;
    • Kr. 38.

  • Ðú swutole mihtest tocnáwan ðíne frínd and ðíne fýnd [fiénd Cot.]

    thou mightest clearly distinguish thy friends and thy foes,

    • Bt. 20
      • ;
    • Fox 72, 21.

  • Lufiaþ eówre fýgd

    dilĭgĭte inĭmīcos vestros,

    • Mt. Bos. 5, 44, Lk. Bos. 6, 27, 35.

  • Hió ofer heora feónd fæste getrymede

    confirmāvit eum sŭper inĭmīcos ejus,

    • Ps. Th. 104, 20: 107 12.

  • Ne murnþ náuðer ne friénd ne fiénd

    he regards neither friend nor foe,

    • Bt. 37, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 186, 8.

  • Wæs wera éðelland geondsended feóndum

    the people's native land was overspread with enemies,

    • Cd. 92
      • ;
    • Th. 118, 22
      • ;
    • Gen. 1969.
Etymology
[
Piers P. fend
:
Wyc fend, feend
:
Chauc. feend
:
Laym. feond, ueond, m
:
Orm. fend
:
Plat. fijend, fijnd, m
:
O. Sax. fíond, fíund, fíunt, fíand
:
Frs. fynne
:
O. Frs. fiand, fiund, m
:
Dut. vijand, m
:
Ger. feind, m
:
M. H. Ger. víant, víent, vínt, m
:
O. H. Ger. fíant, fíent, m
:
Goth. fiyands, m
:
Dan. Swed. fiende, m
:
Icel. fjándi, m.
]
Derived forms
eald-feónd, þeóð-, ge-fýnd
Linked entries
v.  ge-fýnd fiénd fiónd fýnd.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “feónd.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/10365.

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