Definition of Feind
Fiend (?), n. [OE. fend,
find, fiend, feond, fiend, foe, AS.
feónd; akin to OS. fīond, D. vijand
enemy, OHG. fīant, G. feind, Icel.
fjānd, Sw. & Dan. fiende, Goth. fijands;
orig. p. pr. of a verb meaning to hate, AS.
feón, feógan, OHG. fī&?;n,
Goth. fijan, Skr. pīy to scorn; prob. akin to E.
feud a quarrel. √81. Cf. Foe, Friend.]
An implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked
or cruel; an infernal being; -- applied specifically to the devil or
a demon.
Into this wild abyss the wary fiend
Stood on the brink of Hell and looked a while.
Milton.
O woman! woman! when to ill thy mind
Is bent, all hell contains no fouler fiend.
Pope.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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