gefeohtan

From ġe- +‎ feohtan. Cognate with Old High German gifehtan.

• IPA^(key): /jeˈfe͜ox.tɑn/

ġefeohtan

1. to fight
   • Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCXVIII Hēr Cynegils ⁊ Cuichelm ġefuhtun wiþ Pendan æt Ċirenċeastre, ⁊ ġeþingudun þā.

     Year 618 In this year Cynegils and Cwichelm fought against Penda at Cirencester, and then made peace.

   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare fōr Odda Rōmana cāsere tō Grēclande, ⁊ þā ġemette hē þāra Sarcena myċele fyrde cuman upp of sǣ, ⁊ woldon þā faran on hergoð on þæt Crīstene folc; ⁊ þā ġefeaht þā cāsere wið hī. ⁊ þǣr wæs myċel wæl ġeslæġen on ġehwæþere hand, ⁊ sē cāsere āhte wælstōwe ġeweald. ⁊ hwæðere hē þǣr wæs miċċlum ġeswenced, ǣr hē þanon hwurfe, ⁊ þā hē hāmweard fōr. ⁊ hē wæs Lēodulfes sunu æþelinges, ⁊ sē Lēodulf wæs þǣs ealdan Oddan sunu, ⁊ Ēadweardes cynginges dohtor sunu.

     And in the same year, Emperor Otto of Rome went to Greece, and there he encountered a great army of Saracens who had come up from the sea, and intended to then go make war against the Christian people; and so the emperor then fought against them. There was great slaughter on each side, and the emperor took control of the battlefield. Nevertheless, he was very fatigued, and so thence turned around and traveled towards home. He was the son of Prince Leodulf, and Leodulf was son of the elder Otto, and the son of King Edward's daughter.

2. (intransitive) to struggle, strive for supremacy, fight in a quarrel or brawl
3. (transitive) to gain or obtain by fighting, win

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “gefeohtan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.