feoht

Old English

Alternative forms

• fyht (n.), feohte (f.)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fehtą, from the verb *fehtaną (“to struggle with”). Cognate with Old Dutch fehta, Old High German gifeht, Middle High German gevechte, Dutch gevecht, German Gefecht, Old English gefeoht and West Frisian gefjocht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe͜oxt/

Noun

feoht n

1. fight, battle

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	feoht	feoht
accusative	feoht	feoht
genitive	feohtes	feohta
dative	feohte	feohtum

Derived terms

• ġefeoht
• infeoht

Descendants

• Middle English: feght, feight, fight
  • Scots: fecht
  • English: fight