feoht

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fehtą, from the verb *fehtaną (“to struggle with”). Cognate with Old Dutch fehta, Old High German gifeht, Middle High German gevechte, Dutch gevecht, German Gefecht, Old English gefeoht and West Frisian gefjocht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fe͜oxt/

Noun

feoht n

  1. fight, battle

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative feoht feoht
accusative feoht feoht
genitive feohtes feohta
dative feohte feohtum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: feght, feight, fight
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