Old English · noun
hergoþ
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈxer.ɡoθ/[ˈherˠ.ɣoθ]
- Syllables
- ˈxer · ɡoθ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- harryingmakingplunderingharry
Meaning
-
harrying, plundering, making war
⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare fōr Odda Rōmana cāsere tō Grēclande, ⁊ þā ġemette hē þāra Sarcena myċele fyrde cuman upp of sǣ, ⁊ woldon þā faran on hergoð on þæt Crīstene folc; ⁊ þā ġefeaht þā cāsere wið hī. ⁊ þǣr wæs myċel wæl ġeslæġen on ġehwæþere hand, ⁊ sē cāsere āhte wælstōwe ġeweald. ⁊ hwæðere hē þǣr wæs miċċlum ġeswenced, ǣr hē þanon hwurfe, ⁊ þā hē hāmweard fōr. ⁊ hē wæs Lēodul
And in the same year, Emperor Otto of Rome went to Greece, and there he encountered a great army of Saracens who had come up from the sea, and intended to then go make war against the Christian people; and so the emperor then fought against them. There was great slaughter on each side, and the emperor took control of the battlefield. Nevertheless, he was very fatigued, and so thence turned around
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
Equivalent to hergian (“to hunt”) + -oþ
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