feud
A state of long-standing mutual hostilityA state of long-standing mutual hostility.
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4 sensesA state of long-standing mutual hostility.
You couldn't call it a feud exactly, but there had always been a chill between Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods.
Fehde, Streit, Feindschaft
раздо́рrazdór, разла́дrazlád, вражда́vraždá
An estate granted to a vassal by a feudal lord in exchange for service.
Lehen
феодfeod, ленlen
A staged rivalry between wrestlers.
(historical, obsolete)A combination of kindred to avenge injuries or affronts, done or offered to any of their blood, on the offender and all his race.
- a bitter quarrel between two parties
Origin
Inherited from Northern Middle English fede, feide, from Old French faide, feide, fede, frInherited from Northern Middle English fede, feide, from Old French faide, feide, fede, from Proto-West Germanic *faihiþu (“hatred, enmity”) (corresponding to foe + -th), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“hostile”).
From Medieval Latin feudum. Doublet of fee, fief, and feoff.
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