In-fiht

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - in-fiht

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-feoht, es ;

in-fiht
n. An attack made upon a person by one inhabiting the same dwelling; it was a breach of the peace for which a fine had to be paid to the head of the house if he were competent to exercise jurisdiction :-- Infiht [infitht, MS.] vel insocna est quod ab ipsis qui in domo sunt contubernales agitur; hoc eciam wita emendabitur patrifamilias, si questionem habent querentem vel quesitam, L. H. 80, 12; Th. i. 587, 25. in-fiht
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