"fighten" meaning in Middle English

See fighten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: From Old English feohtan, from Proto-West Germanic *fehtan, from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną. Etymology templates: {{dercat|enm|gmw-pro|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|enm|ang|feohtan}} Old English feohtan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*fehtan}} Proto-West Germanic *fehtan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*fehtaną}} Proto-Germanic *fehtaną Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} fighten, {{enm-verb|fighteth|fightende|faught|foughten}} fighten (third-person singular simple present fighteth, present participle fightende, first-/third-person singular past indicative faught, past participle foughten) Forms: fighten . Simple past faght and past participle foghten also occur. The present participle ending of Middle English varied with location. [canonical], fighteth [present, singular, third-person], fightende [participle, present], faught [first-person, indicative, past, singular, third-person], foughten [participle, past], fehten [alternative], feghten [alternative], feighten [alternative], fihhtenn [alternative], fiȝten [alternative]
  1. to fight; to battle; to quarrel Categories (topical): Violence
    Sense id: en-fighten-enm-verb-YduT3jvU Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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