feud 1
/fyoohd/ , n.
1. Also called blood feud . a bitter, continuous hostility, esp. between two families, clans, etc., often lasting for many years or generations.
2. a bitter quarrel or contention: a feud between labor and management.
v.i.
3. to engage in a feud.
[ 1300-50; var. of fead ( a misread as u ), ME fede fe ( i ) de fehida; c. OE faehth enmity. See FOE, -TH 1 ]
Syn. 2. argument, difference.
feud 2
/fyoohd/ , n.
fee (def. 4).
[ 1605-15; feudum, var. of feodum. See FEE ]