Folc-gefeoht

According to the Old English Dictionary:

folc-gefeoht

Add: (1) a war carried on by the forces of one people with those of another :-- Gif man ofsleá óþerne on folcgefeohte (folces gefeohte, ) si quis alium in Bello publico (cf. in publico bello cum rege, 24, ii: cf. also p. 5, § 17) Occiderit, Ll. Th. ii. 150, 4. Æt þrím folcgefeohtum forwurdon nigon x hund þusenda of Persa ánra anwealde de uisceribvs unius regni decies novies centena millia virorum tria bella rapnerunt, Ors. 2, 5; S. 84, 28. (2) a battle fought in such a war :-- Hié gecwǽdon folcgefeoht him betweónum they (the Romans and Jugurtha) agreed to fight a pitched battle, Ors. 5, 7; S. 230, 10. Philippuse geþúhte þæt hé leng mid folcgefeohtum wið hié ne mehte, ac he wæs mid hlóþum on hí hergende, 3, 7; S. 118, 18. folc-gefeoht

Related words: l.