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FEOHTAN

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
FEOHTAN, part. feohtende; ic feohte, ðú feohtest, he feohteþ, fiht, pl. feohtaþ; p. ic, he feaht, ðú fuhte, pl. fuhton; pp. fohten
Wright's OE grammar
§68; §86; §99; §106; §111; §169; §170; §295; §298; §326; §500;
To FIGHT, contend, make war, combat, struggle; prœliāri, pugnāre, bellāre, contendĕre, decertāre, collīdĕre
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  • Mec mín freá feohtan háteþ

    my lord commands me to fight,

    • Exon. 102 b
      • ;
    • Th. 389, 10
      • ;
    • Rä. 7, 5: 104 b
      • ;
    • Th. 398, 2
      • ;
    • Rä. 17, 1.

  • Gyf hwylc cyning wyle faran and feohtan agén óðerne cyning

    quis rex itūrus committĕre bellum adversus ălium regem,

    • Lk. Bos. 14, 31.

  • Ealle on ðone cining feohtende wǽron

    all were fighting against the king,

    • Chr. 755
      • ;
    • Erl. 49, 35: 994
      • ;
    • Erl. 133, 11.

  • Ic feohte

    prœlior,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 25
      • ;
    • Som. 27, 7.

  • Feohteþ se feónd

    the fiend fights,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 995
      • ;
    • Sal. 499: L. Eth. vii. 15
      • ;
    • Th. i. 332, 14: L. C. S. 60
      • ;
    • Th. i. 408, 12.

  • Drihten fiht for éow

    Dŏmĭnus pugnābit pro vōbis,

    • Ex. 14, 14: Wrt. Voc. 78, 1.

  • Monige synd, ðe to me feohtaþ

    multi qui bellant me,

    • Ps. Th. 55, 3: 58, 1.

  • Cúþwulf feaht wið Bretwalas

    Cuthwulf fought against the Brito-Welsh,

    • Chr. 571
      • ;
    • Erl. 18, 12: 661
      • ;
    • Erl. 35, 9: 871
      • ;
    • Erl 75, 19.

  • Ða litlingas fuhton on hire innoþe

    collīdēbantur in ŭtĕro ejus parvŭli,

    • Gen. 25, 22.

  • Stuf and Wihtgár fuhton [fuhtun,

    • Erl. 14, 22
    ] wið Bryttas

    Stuf and Wihtgar fought against the Britons,

    • Chr. 514
      • ;
    • Erl. 15, 23.

  • Wítodlíce míne þegnas fuhton

    ministri mei utique decertārent,

    • Jn. Bos. 18, 36.

  • Be ðon ðe mon on cynges healle feohte

    in case a man fight in the king's hall,

    • L. Alf. pol. 7
      • ;
    • Th. i. 66, 7: 39
      • ;
    • Th. i. 88, 2.

  • Ðeáh him feohtan on firas monige

    although many men fight against it,

    Runic pm.
    • 26
      • ;
    • Kmbl. 344. 27
      • ;
    • Hick. Thes. i. 135, 52.
Etymology
[
Piers P. fighten
:
Laym. fæhten, fahten
:
Orm. fihhtenn
:
Scot. fecht
:
O. Sax. fehtan
:
Frs. fjuechten
:
O. Frs. fiuchta
:
Dut. vechten
:
Ger. fechten
:
M. H. Ger. vehten
:
O. H. Ger. fehtan
:
Dan. fegte, fægte
:
Swed. fäkta.
]
Derived forms
a-feohtan, æt-, be-, bi-, ge-, ofer-, on-, wið-
Linked entries
v.  a-feohtan ge-feohtan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “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/10346.

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