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Old English
Etymology
From ġe- + hergian.
Pronunciation
Verb
ġehergian
- to ravage, plunder, harrow
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
An. DCCCXIII Hēr Wulfrēd arċebisċeop mid bletsunge Leon þǣs papan hwearf eft tō his āgnum bisċeopdōme. ⁊ þȳ ġēare ġehergode Eċġbriht cing on Westwēalas frām ēasteweardum ōþ westwearde.- Year 813 In this year Archbishop Wulfred returned to his own bishopdom with the blessing of Pope Leo . And in that year King Edgebright ravaged the Celts of Cornwall from the east to the west.
- to take captive
Conjugation
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