Noun: gefeoht
Gender:
Nominative
| Singular | ġefeoht |
| Plural | ġefeoht |
Genitive
| Singular | ġefeohtes |
| Plural | ġefeohta |
Dative
| Singular | ġefeohte |
| Plural | ġefeohtum |
Accusative
| Singular | ġefeoht |
| Plural | ġefeoht |
Sample Sentences
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Ġeswīcaþ þæs ġefeohtes! (Stop the fighting!)
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late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
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Leoniða, Læcedemonia cyning, Crēca byrġ, hæfde IIII þūsend monna, þā hē anġēan Xersis fōr, on ānum nearwan londfæstenne; ⁊ him þǣr mid ġefeohte wiðstōd. (Leonidas, king of Sparta, a Greek city, had four thousand men, when he marched against Xerxes, in a narrow fortified pass; and stood against him in battle.)
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late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Agnes, Virgin"
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...and behat me þam heretogan þæt he me underfo æfter ðam gefeohte siððan he ða scyððiscan mid sige oferwinð. (...and promise me to the general, that he may take me after the war, after he shall by victory conquer the Scythians.)
Nouns inflected like gefeoht
gefeoht,
gebeorc,
gebland,
gedwild,
gedreag,
gewrixl,
gewealc,
geweald,
geweorc,
gewield,
gesteal,
geswinc,
gearn,
gield,
giedd,
gedwimor,
gebann,
gebind,
gecwed,
gedelf, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gafehtą. Cognate with Old Saxon *gifeht, Old High German gifeht. Equivalent to ġe- + feoht.
Verbs referencing "gefeoht"
Old English Nouns
feoht, German Nouns
Gefecht, Dutch Nouns
gevecht.
Translations