befeohtan

Old English

Alternative forms

  • bifeohtan

Etymology

From be- + feohtan. Cognate with Old Frisian bifiuchta. Compare Old High German bifehtan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beˈfeo̯htɑn/, [beˈfeo̯xtɑn]

Verb

befeohtan

  1. To take or bereave by fighting.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • unbefohten

Descendants

  • Middle English: *bifehten, *befighten

References

  • befeohtan in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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