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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}
From {{etyl|gem-pro|ang}} {{recons|fehtanan|lang=gem-pro}}. Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|fiuhta|lang=ofs}}, Old Saxon {{term|fehtan|lang=osx}}, Dutch {{term|vechten|lang=nl}}, Old High German {{term|fehtan|lang=goh}} (German {{term|fechten|lang=de}}). Ultimately from {{etyl|ine-pro|ang}} {{recons|peḱ-|lang=ine-pro}}.
From {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*fehtan}}. Cognate with {{cog|ofs|fiuhta}}, {{cog|osx|fehtan}}, {{cog|odt|fehtan}}, {{cog|goh|fehtan}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/ˈfeohtɑn/|[ˈfeoxtɑn]|lang=ang}}
* {{ang-IPA|feohtan}}


===Verb===
===Verb===
{{ang-verb|type=strong|class=III|head=feohtan}}
{{ang-verb|feohtan}}


# to [[fight]]
# to [[fight]]

====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").


====Conjugation====
====Conjugation====
{{ang-conj|feohtan<s3>}}
{{ang-conj|type=strong|III|feohto|fiehtst|fieht|feohtaþ|feohte|feohten|feaht|fuhte|feaht|fuhton|fuhte|fuhten|feoht(e)|feohtaþ|feohtende|fohten}}


====Descendants====
====Derived terms====
{{der3|ang
* English: {{l|en|fight}}
|befeohtan
|feohtere
|ġefeoht
|ġefeohtan
}}


====Descendants====
[[lt:feohtan]]
* {{desctree|enm|fighten}}
[[hu:feohtan]]
[[mg:feohtan]]

Latest revision as of 21:17, 10 March 2024

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *fehtan. Cognate with Old Frisian fiuhta, Old Saxon fehtan, Old Dutch fehtan, Old High German fehtan.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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feohtan

  1. to fight

Usage notes

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  • 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

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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