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ge-feoht

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
ge-feoht, -fioht, -feht, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§12; §563;
A fight, battle, contest, war, preparation for war; prælium, pugna, congressio, bellum, procinctus
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  • Ðæt ungemetlíce mycle gefeoht

    the very great battle,

    • Ors. 1, 9; Bos. 32, 1
      • :
    • Homl. Th. ii. 538, 14
      • :
    • Chr. 603; Erl. 20, 15 : 868
      • ;
    • Erl. 72, 28
      • .

  • Gefeoht

    congressio,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 14; Som. 57, 125; Wrt. Voc. 20, 62
      • .

  • On dæge gefeohtes

    in die belli,

    • Ps. Lamb. 139, 8
      • .

  • Ðú here fýsest to gefeohte

    thou incitest a host to battle,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2377
      • ;
    • An. 1190 : 2393
      • ;
    • An. 1198
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 2365
      • ;
    • El. 1184
      • .

  • To gefeohte

    in procinctu,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som. 77, 35; Wrt. Voc. 55, 40
      • .

  • Gé gehýraþ gefeoht and sace

    ye shall hear of battle and strife,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 538, 2, 13
      • :
    • Bt. 15; Fox 48, 15
      • .

  • Ðonne gé geseóþ gefeoht and twýrǽdnessa

    cum audiĕritis prælia et sedĭtiōnes,

    • Lk. Bos. 21, 9 : Mt. Bos. 24, 6
      • :
    • Ps. Lamb. 139, 3
      • .

  • Ðonne gé gehýraþ gefeohtu and gefeohta hlísan, ne ondrǽde gé eów

    cum audiĕritis bella et opiniōnes bellōrum, ne timuĕritis,

    • Mk. Bos. 13, 7
      • :
    • Mt. Bos. 24, 6
      • .

  • Miclum gefeohtum

    in great battles,

    • Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 25
      • :
    • L. In. 6; Th. i. 106, i, note 1
      • .

  • Gefehto and woeno gefehtana

    prælia et opiniones præliorum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 6
      • .
Etymology
[
Laym. i-fiht
.]
Linked entries
v.  ge-feaht ge-fiht ge-fioht.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-feoht.” 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/14324.

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