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Webster 1913 Edition
fiend
fiend
(fēnd)
, Noun.
[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[GREEK]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
Stood on the brink of Hell and looked a while.
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
– Is bent, all hell contains no fouler
fiend
. Pope.
Fiend′ful-ly
, adv.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fiend
FIEND
,Noun.
An enemy in the worst sense; an implacable or malicious foe; the devil; an infernal being.
O woman! woman! when to ill thy mind is bent, all hell contains no fouler fiend.