Old English Dictionary Entry

Feoht

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

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1 feoht

n. A FIGHT, battle; pugna, prœlium :-- Wæs he þencende ðæt he ðæt feoht forléte he was thinking that he would give up the fight, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 39. God tǽceþ handa míne to feohte Deus dŏcet mănus meas ad prælium, Ps. Spl. 143, 1. [Laym. fæht, faht: Scot. fecht, facht: O. Sax. fehta, f: Frs. fjuecht: O. Frs. fiucht: Dut. ge-vecht, n: Ger. ge-fecht, n: M. H. Ger. vëhte, f: O. H. Ger. fehta, f.] DER. ge-feoht, inge-, ofer-, útge-. -feoht,feoht

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Runic Inscription

ᚠᛇᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
O. Frs.: Old Frisian
O. H. Ger.: Old High German
O. Sax.: Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)

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