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§104; §105; §140; §174; §175; §269; §417; §601;
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an enemy, foe
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  • Fram stemne fýndes

    a voce inimici,

    • Ps. L. 54, 4.

  • 'For ðínum feóndum ic áswand on mínum móde, and ic hié hatode, for ðǽm hié wǽron eác míne fínd (fiénd, v. l.).' Swá mon sceal Godes fiénd hatigean,

    • Past. 353, 5-8
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  • Feónda

    emulorum, i. inimicorum,

    • An. Ox. 22, 42
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  • Feóndum

    emulis,

    • 5367.
of things,
what is prejudicial:
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  • Bewreóh hine wearme, for þon þe cile biþ þǽre ádle feónd,

    • Lch. ii. 234, 1
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a malevolent person (or animal)
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  • Hé (Nero) wǽs witena gehwelcum láð. . . . Se feónd swá þeáh his diórlingas duguðum stépte,

    • Met. 15, 7
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  • Se feónd

    (the raven; cf.

    hrefen . . . wælfel, El. 53) gespearn fleótende hreáw,

    • Gen. 1447
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  • Nelle ic þyssum fýnd leng árian,

    • Bl. H. 179, 16
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a hostile spirit, fiend, devil
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  • Wé witan ꝥ þyses menniscan cynnes fýnd áblende eówre heortan,

    • Bl. H. 151, 33
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  • On ðá ealdon unryhtwísnesse ðæs lytegan fióndes (feóndes, v. l.),

    • Past. 233, 18
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  • Wið ðǽm lytegan fiénd,

    • 433, 17
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  • Ðeów ðǽm Godes feónde (fiónde, v. l.),

    • 361, 1
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  • Be onsægdnysse feóndum (cf. gif man deóflum onsægð, 156, 15)

    de sacrificio daemonibus,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 130, 20.
a devil as a cause of illness.
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Cf. deófol-seócness:
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  • Fiénda ádl,

    • Lch. ii. 174, 26.
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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/44744.

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