feohtan

From Proto-Germanic *fehtaną. Cognate with Old Frisian fiuhta, Old Saxon fehtan, Dutch vechten, Old High German fehtan (German fechten). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeo̯htɑn/, [ˈfeo̯xtɑn]

feohtan

1. to fight; contend; make war; combat; struggle

• 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").

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• Middle English: fighten, fehten, feghten, feighten, fihhtenn, fiȝten
  • English: fight
  • Scots: fecht, ficht