feend
Middle English
/føːnd/, /feːnd/
noun
Definitions
- A enemy, foe or fiend.
- Satan, the Devil.
- A demon, devil, or evil spirit, especially one that possesses people.
- A monster.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English fēond (enemy, devil, adversary, Satan, foe, fiend) derived from Proto-Germanic *fijandz (enemy, fiend).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*fijandz
Gloss
enemy, fiend
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
敵
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- archenemy English
- archfiend English
- drug fiend English
- enemy English
- enemyhood English
- enemylike English
- enemyness English
- enemyship English
- enemyslash English
- fiend English
- fienddom English
- fiendess English
- fiendette English
- fiendful English
- fiending English
- fiendish English
- fiendkin English
- fiendlike English
- fiendling English
- fiendly English
- fiendom English
- fiendy English
- Erbfeind German
- Erzfeind German
- Feind German
- Feindbild German
- Feindschaft German
- Fressfeind German
- Menschenfeind German
- Staatsfeind German
- Volksfeind German
- feindlich German
- feindselig German
- *peh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *fijandz Proto-Germanic
- feond Old English
- feondlic Old English
- feondræden Old English
- feondscipe Old English
- fēond Old English
- fēondliċ Old English
- enemy Middle English
- feendly Middle English
- fond Middle English
- fjándi Old Norse
- fīand Old High German
- fīant Old High German
- 𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 Gothic
- fiund Old Dutch
- fīand Old Dutch
- fiand Old Saxon
- fīand Old Frisian
- Feind Hunsrik