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ge-hergian

  • verb [ weak ]
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intrant, (or abs.)
To harry, ravage
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  • Geher-geode Wulfhere oþ Æscesdúne, Chr. 661; P. 32, 12, Hannibal sende sciphere on Róme and þǽr ungemetlíce gehergeodon classis Punica in Italiam transiit, ejusque plurimas partes longe lateque vastavit, Ors. 4, 6; S. 180, 4. I a. with on,

    to make predatory attacks

    upon :-- Se here oft gehergode on Pehtas and on
      Strætlæd-Wealas, Chr. 875 ; P. 75, 2.

  • On Wiht gehergade Wulfhere and gesalde Wihtwaran tó Æþelwalde,

      661; P. 32, 14.
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to overrun with an army, ravage, lay waste a country
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  • Hé gehergode ꝥ land,

      Hml. S. 27, 25.

  • His scipu gehergodon Mæníge,

      Chr. 1000; P. 133, 15.

  • Hit gewearð . . . ꝥ þá hǽðenan leóda ꝥ land gehergoden, Hml. S. 27, 21. (l a)

    to pillage

    a town :-- Hér wæs Wecedport geheregod,
      Chr. 988 ; P. 125, 22.
  • Her wæs Gypeswíc gehergod, 991 ; P. 127,
to harass by attack or
exaction after conquest
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  • Hí wurdon gehergode and gehýnde eahtatýne geár under heora handa

    afflicti sunt et oppressi per annos decem et octo

    ,
      Jud. 10, 8.
to make captive in war, carry off as spoil
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  • Seó fird gehergade swíðe micel on þǽm norðhere ǽgðer ge on mannum ge on gehwelces cynnes yrfe the English took much spoil from the northern army both in men and in cattle of every kind,

      Chr. 910; P. 94, 29.
  • ꝥ mín weorod . . . and eal mín her[e] goldes and eorcnanstana (-e, MS.) ꝥ hié gehergad and genumen hæfdon micel gemet mid him wǽgon

    milites omnes auri ex rapina margaritarumque nan paruam secum praedam ueherent

    ,
      Nar. 6, 32.

  • Hí námon menn and swá hwæt swá hí findan mihtan, and gewendon him tó Baldewines land, and sealdon þǽr þet hí gehergod hæfdon,

      Chr. 1046; P. 167, I.

  • Ealle þá men þe hié geher-gead hæfden

      , Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 178, 13.

  • Gif hwylc mǽden beweddod bið, and under þám bið gehergod (

    in captivitatem ducta

    ).
      Ll. Th. ii. 186, 27: Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 36.

  • Hié wǽron gehergeode and of hiera earde álǽdde,

      Past. 267, 14.

  • Gehergode, Gr. D. 182, 7. (3 a) to lead captive to a place :-- Hé wæs gehergod tó Sirian lande, Ælfc. T. Grn. 11, 6. ¶ gehergod captive :-- Hæftlingc oððe gehergod

    captivus

    ,
      Ælfc. Gr. 179, 4.

  • Se heáfodman þæs gehergodan folces,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 41.

  • Hé sealde þæt feoh for gehergodum mannum, and þá þe on hæftnédum wǽron,

      Hml. S. 31, 1292.

  • Álése hé æt óðrum mannum heora þeówan and húru earme gehergode men,

      Ll. Th. ii. 282, 15.

  • Swilce hit gehergode hæftlingas wǽron

    quasi captivus gladio

    .
      Gen. 31, 26.
to carry off by force
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  • Deófol geheregað þá synfullan, and gehæfte tó þǽre hellican byrig gelǽt,

      Hml. Th. ii. 66, 33.

  • Críst tó helle férde and ðǽr of gehergode eal þæt hé wolde,

      Wlfst. 126, 13.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-heriðn vastare.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-hergian.” 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/48284.

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