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feoht

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
feoht, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§562;
A FIGHT, battle; pugna, prœlium
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  • Wæs he þencende ðæt he ðæt feoht forléte

    he was thinking that he would give up the fight,

    • Bd. 3, 14
    • ;
    • S. 539, 39.
  • God tǽceþ handa míne to feohte

    Deus dŏcet mănus meas ad prælium,

    • Ps. Spl. 143, 1.
Etymology
[
Laym. fæht, faht
:
Scot. fecht, facht
:
O. Sax. fehta, f
:
Frs. fjuecht
:
O. Frs. fiucht
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Dut. ge-vecht, n
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Ger. ge-fecht, n
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M. H. Ger. vëhte, f
:
O. H. Ger. fehta, f.
]
Derived forms
ge-feoht, inge-, ofer-, útge-
Linked entries
v.  fyht.
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  • feoht, n.