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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fehtaną.
Verb
*fehtan[1]
- to fight
Inflection
Strong class 3
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Infinitive
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*fehtan
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1st sg. past
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*faht
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3rd pl. past
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*fuhtun
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Past ptcple
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*fohtan
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Infinitive
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*fehtan
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Genitive infin.
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*fehtannjas
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Dative infin.
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*fehtannjē
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Instrum. infin.
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*fehtannju
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Indicative
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Present
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Past
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1st singular
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*fehtu
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*faht
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2nd singular
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*fihtiʀi
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*fuhtī
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3rd singular
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*fihtidi
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*faht
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1st plural
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*fehtum
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*fuhtum
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2nd plural
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*fihtid
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*fuhtud
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3rd plural
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*fehtand
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*fuhtun
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Subjunctive
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Present
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Past
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1st singular
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*fehtē
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*fuhtī
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2nd singular
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*fehtēs
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*fuhtī
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3rd singular
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*fehtē
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*fuhtī
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1st plural
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*fehtēm
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*fuhtīm
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2nd plural
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*fehtēþ
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*fuhtīd
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3rd plural
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*fehtēn
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*fuhtīn
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Imperative
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Present
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Singular
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*fiht
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Plural
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*fihtid
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Present
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Past
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Participle
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*fehtandī
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*fohtan
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Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 178: “PWGmc *fehtan”