Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *firinōdādi. Equivalent to firen +‎ dǣd.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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firendǣd f[1][2]

  1. wicked deed, a crime

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References

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  1. ^ Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “firen-dǣd”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  2. ^ John R. Clark Hall (1916) “firendæd”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan