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OBJECT
BEFORE
CLAIM.

SOURCE-REPORTED ATTESTATION

THE PRIMARY OBJECT WAS NOT CHECKED.

DWDS/Pfeifer reports the forms from the eighth century. No token, manuscript object, or exact first year was inspected, so the century is not converted into a false point date.

Old High Germaneighth century; source-reportedestablished

fīant

Old High German headword horizon

“fīant, fījant”
WITNESS TYPE
Lexicographic first-use report
YEAR
Not fixed
LOCATOR
Pfeifer etymology, fīant and fījant
REPOSITORY
Not recorded
SHELFMARK / OBJECT ID
Not recorded
FACSIMILE
Not linked
DIRECT INSPECTION
No
CONFIDENCE
established
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC PROVENANCE

THE SOURCE BEHIND THE CLAIM

TITLE
DWDS — Feind, etymology after Wolfgang Pfeifer
AUTHOR
Wolfgang Pfeifer · DWDS editorial team
YEAR
2026
PUBLISHER
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences
SOURCE TYPE
etymological dictionary
CITATION KEY
dwds-feind-pfeifer