Old English Dictionary Entry

Hergiend, hergend

Part of speech: es; Related words: for-hergend. hergend, hergiend

Definitions

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1 hergiend, hergend

m. A plunderer, robber, spoiler :-- Hergiend and áhíðend grassator, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 38. Hergiendurn, rýperum grassatoribus, i. inpugnatoribus, An. Ox. 2712.

Similar Words

-hád
-háda
-hafen-ness
-hafness
-hafol

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᚱᚷᛁᛖᚾᛞ, ᚻᛖᚱᚷᛖᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

An.: Andreas (OE poem)
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

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