Old English · noun
feoht
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /fe͜oxt/
- Syllables
- fe͜oxt (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- fight
Meaning
-
fight, battle
Declension
All forms (5)
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.
Descendants
fight
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