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a war carried on by the forces of one people with those of another
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  • Gif man ofsleá óþerne on folcgefeohte (folces gefeohte, v.l.)

    si quis alium in Bello publico (cf. in publico bello cum rege,

    • 24, ii
    • : cf. also
    • p. 5, § 17
    • )

    Occiderit,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 150, 4
    • .
  • Æt þrím folcgefeohtum forwurdon nigon x hund þusenda of Persa ánra anwealde

    de uisceribvs unius regni decies novies centena millia virorum tria bella rapnerunt,

    • Ors. 2, 5
    • ;
    • S. 84, 28
    • .
a battle fought in such a war
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  • Hié gecwǽdon folcgefeoht him betweónum

    they (the Romans and Jugurtha) agreed to fight a pitched battle,

    • Ors. 5, 7
    • ;
    • S. 230, 10
    • .
  • Philippuse geþúhte þæt hé leng mid folcgefeohtum wið hié ne mehte, ac he wæs mid hlóþum on hí hergende,

    • 3, 7
    • ;
    • S. 118, 18
    • .
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