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here-hýþ

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
here-hýþ, -húþe, e; f.
Spoil, booty, plunder
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  • Hér wæs mycel herehúþe [herehýþe, MS. C.] ðǽr genumen

    in this year much spoil was taken at Bamborough,

    • Chr, 993; Erl. 133, 2.

  • Hé his ðone feórþan dǽl and ðære herehýþe for Gode gesealde

    quartam partem ejus et prædæ Domino daret,

    • Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 10.

  • Hiera heres ðone mǽstan dǽl hám sendon mid hiora herehýþe

    præcipuam exercitus sui partem onustam præda domum revocant,

    • Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 46, 21.

  • Mid ðære herehýþe [herehúþe, MS. E.],

    • Chr. 885; Erl. 82, 30.

  • Ða mycele herehúþe tó scipon brohton

    they brought the great booty to the ships,

    • 1001; Erl. 137, 15.

  • Ða herehýhþ ðe on helle genumen hæfde

    the spoil that he had taken in hell,

    • Blickl. Homl. 89, 33.

  • Genimon myccle herehýþ

    to take great spoil,

    • 95. 2.

  • Ymbe ða herehúþe hlemmeþ tógædre grimme góman

    on the prey he snaps together his fierce jaws,

    • Exon. 97 b; Th. 363, 29; Wal. 61.

  • Ðone here gefliémde and ða herehýþ áhreddon

    put the Danes to flight and rescued the spoils,

    • Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 26.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. heri-hunda, -hunta preda
.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “here-hýþ.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/18889.

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