hyþan

Meaning

1. to pillage, plunder, sack

   Iċ eom indryhten ond eorlum cūð, ond reste oft; rīċum ond hēanum, folcum ġefrǣġe; fēreð wīde, ond mē fremdes ǣr frēondum stondeð hīþendra hyht, ġif iċ habban sċeal blǣd in burgum oþþe beorhtne god.

   I am noble and known to swordsmen, and do rest often; well-known to folks, rich and poor; and, strangely to me, sackers' hope goes wildly, stands before friends, if I shall have a life in towns or in bright god.

   c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 95:

2. to carry off spoils

3. to attack spoils

4. to rage, ravage

5. to devour

Conjugation