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hergian

  • verb [ weak ]
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  • Hergaþ

    praedat.

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 146
      • ,
to harry, plunder:
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  • Hié angunnan hergean and hiénan þá þe hié friþian sceoldon

    octava legio omnes, quibus subsidio praeerat, interfecit, praedam sibi offlnem vindicavií,

      Ors. 4, l S. 160, 9: 4, 6; S. 172, 26.

  • Sum his folc hé sende gind þæt lond tó bærnanne and tó hergenne,

    • 4, 8
      • ;
    • S. 188
      • ,

  • Þá unrihtwísan déman beóð wyrsan þonne herigende here,

    • Ll. Lbmn. 475, 22.
used ot the action that rescued the inhabitants of hell
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  • On þone dæg Críst reste deád on byrgenne, and his sáwl somod and his godcundnes somod hergode geond belle grund,

    • Shrn 68. 3.
of things,
to harrass
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  • Hit is wén ðæt sé ne mæge óðerra monna scylda of áðueán, sé sé ðe hine ðonne giét his ágena on herigeað

    ne profecto diluere aliena delicta non valeat is, quem adhuc propria devastant.

    • Past. 73, 19
      • .
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v. for-hergian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/52417.

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