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here-geatu, [The word occurs very rarely in the singular; indeed be hergeate,
    Ll. Th. i. 412, 26,
seems the only instance that number. Plural forms are n. ac. -geatwei,(-a), -geata(-u, -e); dat -geat-wum, -geatum.]
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  • Eahta hund eóredmanna ealle mid heregeatwum gegerede,

    • Nar. 4, 13
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  • Twégen englas gesceldode and gesperode and mid heregeatwum (heora geatwum, v. l.; but see

    • Bl. N. 24
      • ),
    • Bl. H. 221, 28
      • .
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  • Beón þá heregea a (-e.v.l.) swá hit mǽðlic sý,

    • Ll. Th. i. 414, 4
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    • 15
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  • Beón þá heregeata forgvfene,

    • 420, 16
      • .

  • Hé becwæð ðæt man . . . tilode tó his hergeatwæn ðæs ðe man habban sceolde,

    • C. D. iii. 352, 16

  • Man selle mínum hláforde ðæt gold tó mínum heregeatum,

    • iv. 300, 20.

  • Ðám cinge mínne hæregeatwa,

    • v. 333, 10.

  • His láf his hergeatu ðám cincge bróhte,

    • iii. 315, 8.

  • Heregete,

    • iv. 292, 5.

  • Ne teó se hláford ná máre bútan his rihtan heregeate (-a, v. l.),

    • Ll. Th. i. 412, 30.

  • Gelǽste ǽlc wuduwe þá heregeata (-u, v. l.) binnan twelf mónðum,

    • 416, 16.
¶ For instances of heriots see
  • C. D. ii. 380, 27
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  • iii. 127 22
    • :
  • 304, 30
    • :
  • 360, 19
    • :
  • iv. 299, 19
(of a woman):
  • vi. 147, 5
    • :
  • Cht. Th. 573, 3
    • :
  • 292, 5
(of a bishop):
  • Cht. Crw. 23, 5
    • . See
  • Ll. Lbmn. ii. 500
    • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “here-geatu.” 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/52392.

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