fæhþ
Old English
Alternative forms
- fæhþu
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *faihiþō (“hatred, enmity”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-, *pewǵ- (“ill-meaning, wicked”), equivalent to fāh + -þ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fæːhθ/, [fæːçθ]
Noun
fǣhþ f
- enmity, hostility, feud
Descendants
- Middle English: fede, feide
- English: feud