Feod

[L. Lat feodum.] Supposed by some to be the primitive word expressive of a feudal grant or estate; and from which the Lat. feodum was immediately formed; {S&x. feo Jiod, homfeoh^ a stipend, and hod, state or condition.

Spelman.

Or, feeodh, from fee, a stipend, and odh, property. 2 Bl. Com. 45, note.) The better opinion, however, seems to be that feodum was formed simply from feoh, the primitive word; and that feod is merely the Anglicized form of feodum, as feud is offeudum. See Feodum, Feoh. It is not used by Blackstone, though its derivative feodal is uniformly. See Feodal, Feudum.