Ge-hergian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-hergian

Add: I. intrant, (or abs.) To harry, ravage :-- Geher-geode Wulfhere oþ Æscesdūne, Chr. 661; P. 32, 12, Hannibal sende sciphere on Rōme and þǣr ungemetlīce 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 tō Æþelwalde, 661; P. 32, 14. II. trans. (1) to overrun with an army, ravage, lay waste a country :-- Hē gehergode ꝥ land, Hml. S. 27, 25. His scipu gehergodon Mæníge, Chr. 1000; P. 133, 15. Hit geweard . . . ꝥ þā hǣdenan leóda ꝥ land gehergoden, Hml. S. 27, 21. (l a) to pillage a town :-- Hēr wæs Wecedport geheregod, Chr. 988 ; P. 125, 22. Her wæs Gypeswīc gehergod, 991 ; P. 127, (2) to harass by attack or exaction after conquest :-- Hī wurdon gehergode and gehȳnde eahtatȳne geár under heora handa afflicti sunt et oppressi per annos decem et octo, Jud. 10, 8. (3) to make captive in war, carry off as spoil :-- Seó fird gehergade swīde micel on þǣm nordhere ǣgder 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 mīn weorod . . . and eal mīn her[e] goldes and eorcnanstana (-e, MS.)ꝥ hiē gehergad and genumen hæfdon micel gemet mid him wǣgon milites omnes auri ex rapina margaritarumque nan paruam secum praedam ueherent, Nar. 6, 32. Hī nāmon menn and swā hwæt swā hī findan mihtan, and gewendon him tō Baldewines land, and sealdon þǣr þet hī gehergod hæfdon, Chr. 1046; P. 167, I. Ealle þā men þe hiē geher-gead hæfden, Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 178, 13. Gif hwylc mǣden beweddod bid, and under þám bið gehergod (in captivitatem ducta). Ll. Th. ii. 186, 27: Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 36. Hié wǣron gehergeode and of hiera earde ālǣdde, Past. 267, 14. Gehergode, Gr. D. 182, 7. (3 a) to lead captive to a place :-- Hē wæs gehergod tō Sirian lande, Ælfc. T. Grn. 11, 6. ¶ gehergod captive :-- Hæftlingc odde gehergod captivus, Ælfc. Gr. 179, 4. Se heáfodman þæs gehergodan folces, Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 41. Hē sealde þæt feoh for gehergodum mannum, and þā þe on hæftnēdum wǣron, Hml. S. 31, 1292. Ālēse hē æt ōdrum mannum heora þeówan and hūru earme gehergode men, Ll. Th. ii. 282, 15. Swilce hit gehergode hæftlingas wǣron quasi captivus gladio. Gen. 31, 26. (4) to carry off by force :-- Deófol geheregad þā synfullan, and gehæfte tō þǣre hellican byrig gelǣt, Hml. Th. ii. 66, 33. Crīst tō helle fērde and dǣr of gehergode eal þæt hē wolde, Wlfst. 126, 13. [O. H. Ger. ge-heridn vastare.] ge-hergian