feud

Etymology 1

Inherited 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”). Cognate to Old English fǣhþ, fǣhþu, fǣhþo (“hostility, enmity, violence, revenge, vendetta”), German Fehde, and Dutch vete (“feud”) (directly inherited from Proto-West Germanic) alongside Danish fejde (“feud, enmity, hostility, war”) and Swedish fejd (“feud, controversy, quarrel, strife”) (borrowed from Middle Low German).

noun

1. A 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.
2. (professional wrestling) A staged rivalry between wrestlers.
3. (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.

verb

1. (intransitive) To carry on a feud.
   The two men began to feud after one of them got a job promotion and the other thought he was more qualified.

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin feudum. Doublet of fee and fief.

noun

1. An estate granted to a vassal by a feudal lord in exchange for service.