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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Ficht, Fycht, n. Also: fight, fyght. [ME. fight, fiȝt, fiht (also fyght, fyȝt, fyht), varr. of feght, etc. Cf. Fecht n.] A fight, battle.(a) 1375 Barb. viii. 68.
Thair fayis … continit the ficht so hardely a1400 Leg. S. xxxiii. 17.
Men of armys … quhen thai are in ficht ?1438 Alex. i. 2602.
Thay of Gaderis … Abandoned thame into the ficht a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 487.
The frekis, that war fundin … forssy in fight c1500-c1512 Dunb. Asl. MS. II. 276/29.
Hale, wicht in ficht, puttar to flicht Of fendis in battale(b) 1375 Barb. ii. 242.
Othir fele folk, forsye in fycht a1400 Leg. S. xxv. 270.
Iulyane, that was wicht, Sa wele in palace & in fycht c1420 Wynt. i. 768.
Wyth tha twa Hys fycht he oysis for till ma 1513 Doug. v. ii. 55.
Lyke a douchty campioun into fyght Ib. ix. xi. 51.
Thai with all thar complicis in fycht War dung abak