-
betraying towards the religion. This is seen from
alternative labels such as
feond (fiend)
dating to Old English, enemī (enemy)
dating to
Middle English in...
- Þæt ys sio fæhðo and se
feond-scipe, wæl-nið wera, þæs þe ic wen hafo, þe us seceað to
Sweona leode, syððan hie gefricgeað
frean userne ealdor-leasne...
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males and females, it was
usually masculine.
Hence frēond ("friend") and
fēond ("enemy") were masculine,
along with many
other examples such as lufiend...
- þæs leod-hryres lean
gemunde uferan dogrum,
Eadgilse wearð fea-sceaftum
feond.
Folce gestepte ofer sæ side sunu
Ohteres wigum and wæpnum: he gewræc syððan...
- dēd (WS dǣd) > deed; OE nēdl (WS nǣdl) >
needle OE ēo OE dēop deep; OE
fēond > fiend; OE betwēonum > between; OE bēon > to be OE +ld OE feld > field;...
- dēd (WS dǣd) > deed; OE nēdl (WS nǣdl) >
needle OE ēo OE dēop deep; OE
fēond > fiend; OE betwēonum > between; OE bēon > to be OE +ld OE feld > field;...
- hé
gebolgen wæs,
recedes múðan. Raðe æfter þon on fágne flór
féond treddode, He [Grendel]
wrenched then wide,
baleful with
raging heart, the...
- Þæt ys sio fæhðo and se
feond-scipe, wæl-nið wera, þæs þe ic wen hafo, þe us seceað to
Sweona leode, syððan hie gefricgeað
frean userne ealdor-leasne...
- dēd (WS dǣd) > deed; OE nēdl (WS nǣdl) >
needle OE ēo OE dēop deep; OE
fēond > fiend; OE betwēonum > between; OE bēon > to be OE +ld OE feld > field;...
- he
fordyde þa broðra elles, and se wæs
Iouis gehaten and se wearð
hetol feond. He
aflymde his
agene fæder eft of ðam
ylcan foresædan
iglande þe Creta...
