Middle English Dictionary Entry
feied ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | feied ppl. Also ifæied, ifead, ivæied, ivaid, iveid, ived, ivet, væid, & ifeiþed, iveiþed. |
| Etymology | Cp. OE gefāh at enmity, & fǣhþ enmity, feud; cp. also OS gafēhian condemn, OHG fēhen hate. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. fede enmity, & feien v.(3).
1.
(a) At enmity, hostile; fig. on bad terms (with God); (b) ben ~ with, to be an enemy of (someone); (c) treated or regarded as an enemy, hated.
Associated quotations
a
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)11 : Er he be swo iueid þat he falle defle to honde.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)7716 : Whærd is þe ilke mon þat me ne mæi mid mede ouergan..makien feolle ifreond, þæh heo weoren iuæiede.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)9837,9843 : Ȝef þu..mi cun quellest..wið þine sune þu beost iuæid..ȝif þu and þine þer wurðeð dæd, þeonne beo ich wið mine sune iued.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)31730 : Feondliche heo fuhten; uæiden heo weoren.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)964 : Heo beoð ure fulle feond, for we beoð ifead wid heom.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)31332 : Þa wes Cadwalan adred, for wið Scotten he wes iuæid.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)31496 : Ich æm wið Oswi iuæid, for ich Oswald aqualde.
c
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)14133 : Ic am uor þe iuaid [Otho: iveiþed]; þær fore ic wene beon dæd.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)21214 : Childric & his ohte men..igripen heore wepnen; heo wusten heom ifæied [Otho: ifeiþed].
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)14459 : Ich ham ifeiþed for þe.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)310 : Þis kyng..Hedde a þral þat dude amis, þat for his gult strong and gret Wiþ his lord was so I-vet, þat þorw be-siht of riht dom To strong prison was I-don.