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feohtan

Feohtan was generally not used transitively, as in *hēo feaht þone dracan ("she fought the dragon"). Instead it was used with a preposition such as on, onġeġn, or wiþ, all meaning "against": hēo feaht wiþ þone dracan (literally "she fought against the dragon").

Conjugation of feohtan (strong class 3)

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 ===Etymology===
+{{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}
-From {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*fehtaną}}. Cognate with {{cog|ofs|fiuhta}}, {{cog|osx|fehtan}}, {{cog|odt|fehtan}}, {{cog|goh|fehtan}}. Ultimately from {{der|ang|ine-pro|*peḱ-}}.
+From {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*fehtan}}. Cognate with {{cog|ofs|fiuhta}}, {{cog|osx|fehtan}}, {{cog|odt|fehtan}}, {{cog|goh|fehtan}}.
 ===Pronunciation===
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 ====Usage notes====
-* ''Feohtan'' was generally not used transitively, as in ''hēo feaht þone dracan'' ("she fought the dragon"). Instead it was used with a preposition such as {{m|ang|on}}, {{m|ang|onġeġn}}, or {{m|ang|wiþ}}, all meaning "against": ''hēo feaht <u>wiþ</u> þone dracan'' (literally "she fought <u>against</u> the dragon").
+* ''Feohtan'' was generally not used transitively, as in ''*hēo feaht þone dracan'' ("she fought the dragon"). Instead it was used with a preposition such as {{m|ang|on}}, {{m|ang|onġeġn}}, or {{m|ang|wiþ}}, all meaning "against": ''hēo feaht <u>wiþ</u> þone dracan'' (literally "she fought <u>against</u> the dragon").
 ====Conjugation====
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 {{der3|ang
 |befeohtan
+|feohtere
 |ġefeoht
 |ġefeohtan