gefeoht

Senses

1. fight, fighting

   Ġeswīcaþ þæs ġefeohtes!

   Stop the fighting!

2. battle

   Leoniða, Læcedemonia cyning, Crēca byrġ, hæfde IIII þūsend monna, þā hē anġēan Xersis fōr, on ānum nearwan londfæstenne; ⁊ him þǣr mid ġefeohte wiðstōd.

   Leonidas, king of Sparta, a Greek city, had four thousand men, when he marched against Xerxes, in a narrow fortified pass; and stood against him in battle.

   late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

3. war

   ...and behat me þam heretogan þæt he me underfo æfter ðam gefeohte siððan he ða scyððiscan mid sige oferwinð.

   ...and promise me to the general, that he may take me after the war, after he shall by victory conquer the Scythians.

   late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Agnes, Virgin"

Declension · strong a-stem