† befightv.

Etymology: < be- prefix 4 + Old English feohtan, Middle English fight: compare Middle High German bevehten. The Old English and Middle English uses seem to be unconnected.

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To deprive of by fighting. Only in Old English.

ΚΠ

OE Riddle 3 32 He scyle rice birofen weorþan, feore bifohten fæmig ridan yþa hrycgum.

2. To fight against, do battle with.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > carry on (a contest, fight, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > contend with

warc1230

to gripe with1377

repugnc1384

wrestle1398

stema1400

befight1474

vary1496

to break a lance with1589

mud-wrestle1988

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. iii. 103 To fore er he dyde do assaylle hit or befyghte hit.

a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Aiv^v As wrastling windes..Befight themselues.

Derivatives

beˈfighting n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [noun]

fightc893

fighting?c1225

battlingc1300

armsc1325

toilc1330

toilingc1330

befighting1489

fielding1526

combating1594

preliation1640

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xiv. 116 In fayttes of befyghtyngis and sawtynges of cytees.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	befight
释义	† befightv. Etymology: < be- prefix 4 + Old English feohtan, Middle English fight: compare Middle High German bevehten. The Old English and Middle English uses seem to be unconnected. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To deprive of by fighting. Only in Old English. ΚΠ OE Riddle 3 32 He scyle rice birofen weorþan, feore bifohten fæmig ridan yþa hrycgum. 2. To fight against, do battle with. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > carry on (a contest, fight, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > contend with warc1230 to gripe with1377 repugnc1384 wrestle1398 stema1400 befight1474 vary1496 to break a lance with1589 mud-wrestle1988 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. iii. 103 To fore er he dyde do assaylle hit or befyghte hit. a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Aiv^v As wrastling windes..Befight themselues. Derivatives beˈfighting n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [noun] fightc893 fighting?c1225 battlingc1300 armsc1325 toilc1330 toilingc1330 befighting1489 fielding1526 combating1594 preliation1640 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xiv. 116 In fayttes of befyghtyngis and sawtynges of cytees. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.OE
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