gefeohtとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Proto-Germanic *gafehtą. Cognate with Old Saxon *gifeht, Old High German gifeht. Equivalent to ġe- +‎ feoht.

発音

• IPA: /jeˈfe͜oxt/

名詞

ġefeoht n

1. fight, fighting

   Ġeswīcaþ þæs ġefeohtes!

   Stop the fighting!

2. battle

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gefeoht

   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     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.

3. war
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Agnes, Virgin"

     ...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.

使用する際の注意点

In the Early West Saxon of King Alfred, ġewinn was used for "war" and ġefeoht for "battle," while in the Late West Saxon of Ælfric ġefeoht was the word for both "battle" and "war."

語形変化

Strong a-stem:

派生語

• inġefeoht
• sċipġefeoht
• ūtgefeoht
• þurhġefeoht

関連する語

• feohtan