*SET-U

PERMANENT JOURNEY RECORD / 761

COMPLETE ROUTE ↗
STAGE 03broadNO SINGLE PIN

fēond, fīond, fīend, and fȳnd

Old English-speaking England

fiend DOSSIER ↗
THE REVIEWED ROUTE CLAIM

Dialect and inflection create multiple Old English vowels and plural patterns without creating separate enemy lexemes. Enemy, foe, and Devil uses coexist in the written record.

COORDINATES STORED
NO
HONEST TO PLOT
NO
PLACEMENT MODE
broad
TIME PRECISION
range
NUMERIC TIME BOUND
YES
CLAIM CITATIONS
2
THE TEMPORAL CLAIM

THIS STAGE ENTERS THE TIMELINE.

The political dates bound a broad Old English stage; they do not date the first utterance or every cited manuscript.

PLACE IN GLOBAL CHRONOLOGY ↗
DIRECT STAGE-LEVEL PROVENANCE

AUDIT THE ROUTE CLAIM.

Every source below identifies its exact stance, locator, and evidentiary contribution.

  1. context

    An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online — feónd

    Supplies the paradigm and broad lexical record behind modern fiend.

    Grammar, definition, and Old English examplesAUDIT SOURCE ↗
  2. supports

    Oxford English Dictionary — fiend, n., revised 2026

    Documents dialect vowels, i-mutation, inherited inflection, analogical plurals, and the early sense range.

    Old English etymology notes and meanings 1–4AUDIT SOURCE ↗