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a war carried on by the forces of one people with those of another
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  • Gif man ofsleá óþerne on folcgefeohte (folces gefeohte, v.l.)

    si quis alium in Bello publico (cf. in publico bello cum rege,

    • 24, ii
      • : cf. also
    • p. 5, § 17
      • )

    Occiderit,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 150, 4
      • .

  • Æt þrím folcgefeohtum forwurdon nigon x hund þusenda of Persa ánra anwealde

    de uisceribvs unius regni decies novies centena millia virorum tria bella rapnerunt,

    • Ors. 2, 5
      • ;
    • S. 84, 28
      • .
a battle fought in such a war
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  • Hié gecwǽdon folcgefeoht him betweónum

    they (the Romans and Jugurtha) agreed to fight a pitched battle,

    • Ors. 5, 7
      • ;
    • S. 230, 10
      • .

  • Philippuse geþúhte þæt hé leng mid folcgefeohtum wið hié ne mehte, ac he wæs mid hlóþum on hí hergende,

    • 3, 7
      • ;
    • S. 118, 18
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “folc-gefeoht.” 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/45342.

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