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Old English · verb

feohtan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class III
IPA
/ˈfe͜ox.tɑn/
Syllables
ˈfe͜ox · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
fight

Meaning

  1. to fight

    An. DCCX Hēr Beorhtfriþ ealdormon feaht wiþ Peohtas, ⁊ Īne ⁊ Nun his mæġ ġefuhton wiþ Gerente Wāla cyninge.

    Year 710 In this year Prince Brightfrith fought against the Picts, and Ine and his kinsman Nun fought against Gerent, king of the Welsh.

    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

  2. to fight to obtain something, to obtain something by fighting

Conjugation

Conjugation of feohtan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular feohtefeaht
2nd singular fiehstfiehtstfuhte
3rd singular fiehtfeaht
Plural feohtaþfuhton
Subjunctive
Singular feohtefuhte
Plural feohtenfuhten
Non-finite forms of feohtan
Form
Infinitive feohtan
Inflected infinitive feohtenne
Imperative singular feoht
Imperative plural feohtaþ
Present participle feohtende
Past participle fohtenġefohten

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fehtan. Cognate with Old Frisian fiuhta, Old Saxon fehtan, Old Dutch fehtan, Old High German fëhtan.

Descendants

fight

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