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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
− | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] fo, from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] fāh, from fāh, adjective, [[hostile]]; akin to Old High German gifēh hostile | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] fo, from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] fāh, from fāh, adjective, [[hostile]]; akin to Old High German gifēh hostile |
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− | repr. two distinct. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] [[words]]: (1) the [[simple]] fáh, fág adj. ( < Old Germanic *faiho-); (2) the compound gefá n. (weak masculine), originally an absolute use of *gefáh adj. (not recorded as such) = Old High German gifêh at [[feud]], odious (Middle High German gevêch, gevê) < Old Germanic *ga-faiho-, where the prefix imports the notion of ‘mutually’ (see y- prefix). As in many other nouns, the prefix ge-, i-, fell away in early [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], so that the compound n. and the absolute use of the [[simple]] adj. became coincident. | + | repr. two distinct. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] [[words]]: (1) the [[simple]] fáh, fág adj. ( < Old Germanic *faiho-); (2) the compound gefá n. (weak masculine), originally an absolute use of *gefáh adj. (not recorded as such) = Old High German gifêh at [[feud]], odious (Middle High German gevêch, gevê) < Old Germanic *ga-faiho-, where the prefix imports the notion of ‘mutually’ (see y- prefix). As in many other nouns, the prefix ge-, i-, fell away in early [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], so that the compound n. and the absolute use of the [[simple]] adj. became coincident. |
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| The Germanic adj. *faiho- (represented only in West Germanic) is referred to the Aryan [[root]] *peiq- poiq- piq-, whence Old Irish oech enemy ( < poiqos, [[Greek]] πικρός bitter, Lithuanian pìkta-s angry. The current [[statement]] that the [[word]] is etymologically akin to fiend n. depends on the doubtful [[hypothesis]] that the root *peiq- is an extension of *pei- to hate. | | The Germanic adj. *faiho- (represented only in West Germanic) is referred to the Aryan [[root]] *peiq- poiq- piq-, whence Old Irish oech enemy ( < poiqos, [[Greek]] πικρός bitter, Lithuanian pìkta-s angry. The current [[statement]] that the [[word]] is etymologically akin to fiend n. depends on the doubtful [[hypothesis]] that the root *peiq- is an extension of *pei- to hate. |
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| + | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Enemies''''' (Foes), follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Enemies '''''this link'''''].</center> |
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| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1: one who has [[personal]] enmity for another | | *1: one who has [[personal]] enmity for another |
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| ==Description== | | ==Description== |
| An enemy (or '''foe''') is an [[entity]] that is seen as forcefully [[adverse]] or threatening. The term is usually used within the greater [[context]] of [[war]], to denote an [[opposing]] [[group]] as a threat. | | An enemy (or '''foe''') is an [[entity]] that is seen as forcefully [[adverse]] or threatening. The term is usually used within the greater [[context]] of [[war]], to denote an [[opposing]] [[group]] as a threat. |
| + | ==See also== |
| + | *'''''[[Friend]]''''' |
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| [[Category: General Reference]] | | [[Category: General Reference]] |