If he did not do this, he would take his feoff from him, and bestow it on another.
"Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II."
Gustav Freytag
In feoff, and its derivatives, the close or short sound of e is most fashionable; but some prefer the long sound of e; and some write the word "fief."
"The Grammar of English Grammars"
Goold Brown