Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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FEID, n. Also fead, feed, fede, feide, fiede; ¶faid (Gall. 1823 Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc. (1924–5) 98). Arch. only. Enmity, hostility; a feud, quarrel. Hence †feidfu, hostile, malignant. [fi:d]Sc. 1702 Discourse of Suppressing Vice 28:
Will ye take the Feed of the great Eternal God upon you, rather than the ill-will of a Neighbour?Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 84:
But we have a' her cuintray's fead to byde.Ayr. 1787 Burns Tam Samson s Elegy x.:
Coward death behint him jumpit, Wi deadly feide.Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry 77:
Wreth, wreth! and bluidie fede and ill To the vile Strumpet on the Hill!Lnk. a.1832 W. Watt Poems (1860) 32:
Wi' feidfu' wrath he'd bitter ban The waefu' Duke o' Cumberlan'.wm.Sc. 1936 R. MacLellan Toom Byres (1947) 31:
Ye canna stop an auld feid in a day.
Phr.: †to have at feid, to be hostile towards.Sc. 1784 Hobie Noble in Child Ballads No. 189 ix.:
I dare not with you into England ride, The land-sergeant has me at feid.
