Ge-hergian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-hergian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ge-hergian

p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad To ravage, plunder, afflict, harrow, take captive; vastāre, spŏliāre, afflīgĕre, captīvum dūcĕre :-- He on ðam fyrste helle gehergode he harrowed hell in that space of time, Homl. Th. ii. 608, 1. Ðe hie gehergod hæfdon which they had plundered, Chr. 895; Erl. 93, 19. Gehergad ravaged, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 72, 22. Ðæt úre wíf and úre cild wurdon gehergode ut uxōres ac libĕri nostri dūcantur captīvi, Num. 14, 3 : Jud. 10, 8 : Gen. 31, 26 : Shrn. 96, 12. ge-hergian

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ᚷᛖ-ᚻᛖᚱᚷᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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