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in a military sense, v. gefeoht, (2 a)
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  • Hér gefeaht Ecgbryht cyning wiþ .xxxv. sciphlæsta,

      Chr. 833; P. 62, 10.

  • Æþelwulf him wið gefeaht ... Æþeréd cyning and Ælfréd his bróþur wiþ þone here gefuhton,

      871; P. 70, 13-16.

  • Antigones and Perðica ... woldon him betweónum gefeohtan

    bellum inter Antigonum et Perdiccam oritur,

      Ors. 3, 11; S. 144, 34.

  • Hié hiene sendon on Perse wið hié tó gefeohtanne,

      3, 1; S. 96, 12. (1 a) of fighting between champions :--
    Dauid wolde wiþ Goliaþ gefeohtan, Bl. H. 31, 17. (1 b) with cognate object (v. án-wíg) :-- Hér Cénwalh gefeaht wiþ Walas and hié gefliémde; þis wæs gefohten siþþan hé of Eást-Englum cóm, Chr. 958: P. 32, 4.

  • Þæs geáres wurdon .viiii. folcgefeoht gefohten wiþ þone here,

      871; P. 72, 12.
to fight in a quarrel, v. gefeoht, (2 b)
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  • Gif hwá gefeohteð on cirican oþþon on cynges húse ... And gif hwá gefeohteð on mynstre,

      Ll. Th. i. 330, 23, 26.

  • Gif mon beforan cyninges ealdormen on gemóte gefeohte,

      86, 14.

  • Gif hwá in cyninges healle gefeohte, oþþe his wǽpn gebréde,

      66, 8: 70, 18.

  • Gif hwá on cierlisces monnes flette gefeohte, mid syx sciłł. gebéte þám ceorle. Gif hé wǽpne gebréde and nó feohte, sié be healfum þám,

      86, 21.

  • Gif mǽgleás mon gefeohte and mon ofsleá,

      78, 20.
fig.
to struggle, strive for supremacy
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  • Efne þǽm gelícost swylce ðá gesceafta (

    wind and flame

    ) twá him betweónan gefeohtan sceoldan,
      Bl. H. 221, 15.
trans.
to gain by fighting
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  • Ðǽm folce ðe on clǽnum felda weorðlicne sige gefeohtað

    his qui per fortitudinem in campo victores sunt,

      Past. 227, 25.

  • Þone sige þe hé on Persia ðeóda gefeaht,

      Hml. S. 30, 153.

  • Hié getrúwedon þæt hié mid hiera cræftum sceolden sige gefeohtan,

      Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 17: 2, 5; S. 82, 26.
to maintain a charge
by fighting
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  • Þǽr beteáh Gosfrei Bainard Willelm of Ou ꝥ hé heafde gebeón on þes cynges swicdóm, and hit him on gefeaht, and hine on orreste ofercóm,

      Chr. 1096; P. 232, 20.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-fehtan congredi.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-feohtan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/47920.

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